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FAMOUS OLD 
RECEIPTS 

USED A HUNDRED YEARS AND MORE 
in the Kitchens of the North and the South 
CONTRIBUTED BY DESCENDANTS 



COMPILED BY 



JACQUELINE HARRISON SMITH 



SECOND AUTHOBJZED EDITION 



1908 
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By JaCQ'TJELINE HaRRISOS SmITK. 

Copyright 1906 
By Jacqueline. Harrison: Smith. 



CONTRIBUTORS. 



NOTE. 

The thanks of the Compilers are extended to those whose interest 
and assistance have made this work possible, and also to many whose 
material was received too late to be used. 



CONTRIBUTORS. 

Mrs. Prescott Adamson Germantown, Pa. 

Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander Germantown, Pa. 

Mrs. James M. Anders Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Joseph L. Arguembau Hackensack; N. J. 

Mrs. Richard L. Ashurst Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Meredith Bailey Philadelphia, Pa. 

Miss Mary F. Baker Philadelphia, Pa, 

Miss F. Virginia Baldwin West Orange, N. J. 

Baptiste, head waiter of the Bellevue-Stratford Philadelphia, Pa, 

Mrs. Charles Heath Bannard Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Thomas J. Barger Philadelphia, Pa. 

Miss Louise Puquet du Bellet Natchez, Miss. 

Mrs. Samuel Bettle Haverford, Pa. 

Miss Mary D. Biddle Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Mary Palmer Bispham Overbrook, Pa. 

Mrs. Francis T. Boykin Richmond, Va, 

Mrs. Frank A. Brastow Haverford, Pa, 

Mrs. Joseph Coleman Bright Overbrook, Pa. 

Miss Caroline E. Brooks Philadelphia, Pa. 

Miss Sarah Perot Brooks Philadelphia, Pa, 

Mrs. James Crosby Brown Rosemont, Pa. 

Mrs. Susan Lynah Norris Bruce Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Caroline Rogers Buehler Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. John Burroughs Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. F. S. Burrows Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Duncan Lawrence Buzby Philadelphia. Pa. 

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6 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

Mr. John Caclwalacler Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. John Cadwalader Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Nellie Burnside Cameron Providence, R. I. 

Mrs. John M. Cardeza Claymont, Del. 

Mr. Coalter Bryan Carmichael Fredericksburg, Va. 

Mrs. Adelaide Bragg Carrick Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Francis Taylor Chambers Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Mary E. Chandon Chateau Bellevue, Geneva. 

Mrs. E. W. Clark, Sr Germantown, Pa. 

Mr. Herbert L. Clark Germantozvn, Pa. 

Mrs. Edwin T. Clinton Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Malcolm S. Councill Bryn Mazvr, Pa. 

Mrs. Charles Brinton Coxe Philadelphia, Pa. 

Miss Kathryn Coxe Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Edwin S. Cramp Philadelphia, Pa. 

Miss Anne H. Cresson Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. C. W. Dailey "Elkins," W. Va, 

Mrs. Russell W. Davenport. Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Diehl Brewster, N. Y. 

Mrs. Naudain Duer Philadelphia, Pa. 

Miss Caroline Duer Crosszvicks, New Jersey 

Mrs. Charles Duggin ,. . New York City 

Mrs. John H. Easby .Philadelphia, Pa. 

Lieutenant Houston Eldredge Fortress Monroe, Va. 

Mrs. G. H. Ellerbe Birmingham, Ala, 

Mrs. Theodore Newel Ely . .Bryn Mawr, Pa, 

Mrs. Mary Mercur Eshleman Lancaster, Pa. 

Mrs. Samuel Ewing , Bryn Maur, Pa. ■ 

Mrs. Charles A. Farnum Philadelphia, Pa. 

Miss Hannah Fox Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. L. Webster Fox Hayerford, Pa. 



CONTRIBUTORS 



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Miss Jane Gamble Roanoke, Va. 

Mrs. Robert Gamble Havcrford, Pa. 

Mr. Paul Garrett Norfolk, Va. 

Mrs. Arnold Gerstell "Elkins," IV. Va. 

Miss Maria Gilpin Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Richard Gilpin Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. William A. Glasgow, Jr Philadelphia, Pa. 

Miss Gottschalk Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. C. V. Greenwood Middletown, N. J. 

Mrs. Morris Hacker Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. James T. Halsey Philadelphia, Pa. 

Miss Matilda Halsey Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Sue Mason Maury Halsey Philadelphia, Pa. 

Miss Anne Swift Hammond Providence, R. I. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper Harrison Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Gulielma Harrison Brandon, Va. 

Mrs. J. A. Hewlett Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Miss Elizabeth N. Hill Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Mrs. Lydia S. Hinchman Philadelphia, Pa. 

Andrew Hisler, Chef of the Bellevue-Stratford Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Walter Horstmann Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. William Govane Howard Govanstown, Va. 

Mr. Barclay Johnson Strafford, Pa. 

Miss Pauline Johnson Strafford, Pa. 

Mrs. Clara Pollard Lee Montgomery, Ala, 

Mrs. Louis R. Lemoine Philadelphia, Pa. 

Miss Lucretia C. Lennig Philadelphia, Pa, 

Miss Elizabeth C. Lewis Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Mrs. L. L. Lewis Richmond, Va. 

Mrs. J. Bertram Lippincott Philadelphia, Pa. 

Miss Meta Lisle Philadelphia, Pa. 



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FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 



Mrs. Horatio Gates Lloyd Haverford, Pa. 

Mrs. Morris Longstreth Philadelphia, Pa. 

Miss Looney Memphis, Tenn. 

Mrs. Lilly Latrobe Loring Washington, D. C. 

Mrs. Roberts Lowrie Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Miss Mary Mcllvaine. Newark, N. J. 

Miss Rebecca Mcllvaine Newark, A T . J, 

Mrs. Augustine Mason Hagerstozvn, Md. 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury Washington, D. C. 

Mrs. Robert H. Maury Richmond, Va. 

Miss Josephine Barry Meeks Orange, N. J. 

Mrs. Samuel V. Merrick ' Germantown, Pa. 

Mrs. D. Leeds Miller Haverford, Pa. 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller New York City 

Miss A. Jacqueline Minor New York City 

Mrs. Charlotte Cranwell Minor New London, Conn. 

Miss Marie L. Minor New York City 

Miss Charlotte Mitchell New Orleans, La. 

Mrs. Fred'k Wister Morris Villa Nova, Pa. 

Mrs. Junius Mosby Richmond, Va. 

Mr. J. B. Mosby Richmond, Va, 

Mrs. John Murdoch Baltimore, Md. 

Miss A. Myers Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Joseph Neff Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. James M. Noyes Montclair, N. J. 

Miss Ellie Ogden Morristown, N. J. 

Commander Hugo Osterhaus U. S. Navy 

Mrs. John H. Parsons Upper Montclair, N. J. 

Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson Chestnut Hill, Pa. 

Mrs. Richmond Pearson Ashevillc, N. C. 



CONTRIBUTORS 



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Miss Isabelle Pegram Providence, R. I. 

Mrs. Robert E. Peterson Asbury Park, N. J. 

Mrs. George Philler Haverford, Pa. 

Mrs. William R. Philler Haverford, Pa. 

Mrs. John Poe Baltimore, Md. 

Mrs. Robert L. Pollard Austin, Texas. 

Mrs. Earl B. Putnam Philadelphia, Pa. 

Miss Mary Lapsley-Pyle Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Norman V. Randolph Richmond, Va. 

Mr. Francis Rawle Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mr. Mark L. Requa Oakland, Cal. 

Miss Alice W. Richardson Louisville, Ky. 

Mrs. John Beverly Roberts Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Mrs. Portieux Robinson Richmond, Va. 

Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Washington, D. C. 

Mrs. Charles Pntnam Searle Boston : Mass. 

Mrs. Ralph W. Seiss Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Mary E. Shandon Connecticut 

Mrs. Thomas B. Sims Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Miss Caroline Sinkler Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Alice C. Slaughter Louisville, Ky. 

Mr. Louis F. Sloan Charleston, S. C. 

Mrs. Edward Jacquelin Smith Fredericksburg, Va. 

Mrs. H. Cavalier Smith Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. J. Frailey Smith Philadelphia, Pa. 

Miss Katherine Smith Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Lelia Andrews Smith Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Jacqueline Harrison Smith Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stevens Charleston, S. C. 

Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson Philadelphia, Pa, 

Mr. Morris R. Stroud Philadelphia, Pa. 



io FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

Mrs. Lewis N. Webb Washington, D. C. 

Miss Elizabeth White : .St. Paul, Minn, 

Miss Katharine Willcox West port. Conn, 

Mrs. Ezra Williams » West Orange, N. J. 

Mrs. James D. Winsor Haverford, Pa. 

Mrs. William D. Winsor Philadelphia, Pa. 

Miss Winifred Wooster. Forest Hill, N. J. 

Mrs. Robert C. Wright Haverford, Pa, 



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Deotcateo to 

The Old Memories which this Book will recall of the Hospitable 
Homes of the North and the South. 



INTRODUCTION. 



INTRODUCTION. 

The title of this book by itself conveys so much that any intro- 
duction to the many good things told in its pages seems superfluous. 
It certainly should not require any urging to induce all who can to 
read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them. 

" One hundred years ago and more " brings before us a delightful 
period in our country's history, and recalls the generous, cordial feel- 
ings which prevailed.among our ancestors — that " open-handed spirit, 
frank and blythe, of ancient hospitality," which made the homes of the 
New World all that a stranger could desire. 

We may reconcile ourselves to the passing of " the fugaceous 
hospitalities of the snuffbox " as needing the powdered wig and three- 
cornered hat to justify them. What a genuine ring there is in the 
words of Washington, referring to Mount Vernon, when he said : 
" Let the hospitality of the house with respect to the poor be kept up; 
let no one go hungry away." And the cordiality of Jefferson while 
living in Philadelphia is delightfully expressed in a letter to Richard 
Peters : " Call on me whenever you come to town, and if it should 
be about the hour of three, I shall rejoice the more. You will find a 
bad dinner, a good glass of wine, and a host thankful for your favour 
and desirous of encouraging repetitions of it, without number, form, 
or ceremony." 

It was a time when there was truly that " hospitality sitting with 
gladness," which all the luxuries of the present day cannot supply. 

Athen?eus, as early as the Third century, held that " Every inves- 
tigation which is guided by principles of nature fixes its ultimate aim 
entirely on gratifying the stomach." And Dr. Johnson, in simpler 
phrase, confirms Athenaeus when he says : " I look upon it that he 

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who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else." This 
volume would appeal to both philosophers. 

The sources of the recipes add greatly to their value and interest. 
Though described as coming from " the kitchen," they were the work 
of as gentle dames as ever graced a court. 

It is a sad error to suppose that the homely accomplishments of 
housewives, deemed essential at the end of the eighteenth and begin- 
ning of the nineteenth centuries in this country, are no longer impor- 
tant. A hundred years ago so much could be left to faithful servants 
that even less was required of the heads of households than now. 
There are, alas ! no more of those loyal, devoted, if humble, members 
of the family circle who, in wealth and health or in trouble, never 
failed to supply the comforts and maintain the' dignity of the old 
homes. To-day even in England or Scotland a Caleb Balderston 
would be hard to find, and the colored " Aunties " have disappeared 
under the changed conditions at the South. 

The character of the hospitality at the North differed from that 
at the South, especially in the rural sections. In the North the well- 
kept inns to be found on many of the principal roadways supplied 
what the roof of the planter generously offered to the traveler in the 
Southern States. " The spare room " provided in a Northern home 
had little meaning to the Southerner, whose every room was always a 
guest chamber, if necessary, for the welcome of one coming to his 
door. The tables of the North could, however, vie with those of the 
South, and, within the recollection of many now living*, Christmas 
dinners rivaled in their generous profusion such a feast as Pepys 
lovingly records as "most neatly dressed by our own only mayde." 
" We had a fricassee of rabbits and chickens, a leg of mutton boiled, 
three carps in a dish, a great dish of a side of lamb, a dish of roasted 
pigeons, a dish of four lobsters, three tarts, a lamprey pie, — a most 
rare pie, — a dish of anchovies, good wine of several sorts, and all 
things mighty noble to my heart's content." 

Prior to the year 1800, perhaps, the best social conditions in the 
North were to be found in Philadelphia. Society, naturally, became 



INTRODUCTION 17 

more cosmopolitan there, as it was the seat of government ; and the 
foreign ministers preferred Philadelphia, even after the removal of 
the capital to Washington. That city, which the Abbe Correa wittily 
described as " the city of magnificent distances," presented few attrac- 
tions in its early days. Distinguished visitors from abroad, attracted 
by the novelty of the new country, and later many who were driven 
away by the French Revolution, gave additional variety and attractive- 
ness to Philadelphia society. Many of the houses built with a view 
to entertaining were spacious and luxurious. Balls and dinners were 
frequent. The very women whose hands recorded the dainty dishes 
herein described, by their brilliancy and beauty established the repu- 
tation for charm which American women have sustained ever since. 

This is not the place to describe in detail these centres of social 
interest, though a few may be mentioned. 

xA.t the house of Tench Francis and his wife, who was Anne 
Willing, both before and after the Revolution could be met the most 
cultivated and interesting people. Distinguished foreigners and vis- 
itors from all parts of the country were included in their receptions, 
and it became a delightful Salon. 

The large mansion and gardens of William Bingham, Senator of 
the United States, whose wife was also a Miss Willing, continued, 
while they lived, to be the scene of many entertainments. Frequent 
mention of them is made in the published memoirs of persons who 
visited America at that time. 

Among many others, the homes of Chief Justice Chew, Robert 
Morris, Samuel Powell — whose wife has contributed to the receipts 
given in this volume — Governor Hamilton, whose beautiful house and 
park, " The Woodlands," still remains, though converted into a ceme- 
tery; George Harrison, General John Cadwalader, and later his son. 
General Thomas Cadwalader, Richard Peters and Alexander Wilcocks 
may be named. These were all centres of social influence. In addi- 
tion to private influence, society at the period referred to was largely 
controlled by certain associations, which in some instances continue to 
the present day. " The State in Schuylkill," known generally as " The 



]8 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

Fish House," was formed in 1732, and is still conducted under the 
same constitution and rules. It is believed to be the earliest incor- 
porated body of its kind existing anywhere. Its government is formed 
upon that of a State, with a governor and other officers. The pew 
members are taken as apprentices and are trained to be expert cooks. 

An incident occurred to Tench Francis, already mentioned, when 
he was in England, that showed the value of his Fish House training. 
Mr. Francis had been detained in England for two years waiting to 
have a case vitally affecting his interests heard by the Lord Chancellor. 
When almost in despair a lady friend said that Lord Camden was a 
bon vivant, and if Mr. Francis would prepare the turtle she would 
invite the Lord Chancellor and himself to dine. At dinner she would 
announce to whose good offices his lordship owed his favorite dish, 
and then ask the favor in return. The dinner was given, the turtle 
was prepared. The Lord Chancellor was charmed both by his hostess 
and the turtle, ordered the hearing for the following Thursday, and 
forthwith decided the case in Mr. Francis's favor. 

Fish House punch might also have been provided, for that bever- 
age was celebrated then and is still a delightful compound for those 
who can stand it. But the Dabney mint julep is far better. 

The Wistar party, composed of members of The American Philo- 
sophical Society, is another social function of a century's existence 
which still brings together, every fortnight, at the houses of its mem- 
bers, the scientific, literary and professional world. To these may be 
added " The Assemblies," which have continued since 1740. It is not 
probable that any similar social organization has endured so long, 
except the St. Cecilia, of Charleston, South Carolina, a similar organi- 
zation, of which the Charleston Gazette of November 5, 1737, records 
the first meeting on Queen street, Thursday, the 12th, 1737. These 
balls are still of great interest, and with the increase in the social world 
the anxiety to secure invitations is extreme. It might serve a good 
purpose to give to the public a fuller insight into what really consti- 
tuted society in the days when our country was young. While there 
was a simplicity in one sense, there was true dignity, much cultivation. 



INTRODUCTION 



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and a substantial character totally lacking to-day. It is deplorable if 
the authoress of the introduction to Fads and Fancies is right when 
she declares that " We cannot gainsay the fact that wealth and the 
power it brings rule supreme in our land, . . . and to this decree 
of the people American society has bowed down obediently.*' 

Even in New York, which is assumed by the writer of the quoted 
words to be the controlling centre of social influence to-day, it is to be 
hoped there still exists a higher plane of thought which does not rest 
upon " the golden basis." Elsewhere, and certainly in the South, 
there is still a controlling class who rise above the influence of mere 
wealth. 

If for nothing else this publication is valuable as showing the 
homely virtues of those who have thrown more lustre upon our coun- 
try than can be effaced by the highest priced biographies in Fads and 
Fancies. 

John Cadwalader. 



AN OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS DINNER. 

Christmas, with its festivities and its preparations, was a busy 
time to the housekeeper of fifty years ago, " befo' de war," in Vir- 
ginia. It meant thought and labor for weeks beforehand ; especially 
was this true of the homes in the country, where lavish entertainment 
was the rule. The home I have in mind is a rambling, old-fashioned 
Virginia house, thirty miles from Fredericksburg, and in that part of 
Virginia known as the Northern neck, which is said to have produced 
more great men than any other place of the same size in this country. 
Weeks before Christmas supplies were ordered from either Baltimore 
or Richmond. Then came the busy time. The Southern woman in 
those days, while the " Lady Bountiful " of her domain, and sur- 
rounded by servants ready to do her bidding, had her responsibilities 
and cares. She was up with the lark, saw her household in order ; 
she ministered to the sick and comforted the afflicted ; bond and free 
alike had her care. There was as much excitement and anticipation 
among the negroes at Christmas as among the whites, from the small- 
est little darkey to Uncle Peter, the oldest negro on the plantation. 
Two weeks before Christmas began the busy time, seeding raisins, 
cutting citron, washing and drying currants, for these were the days 
before all this could be bought. Every housekeeper had her own 
especial receipts handed down from mother to daughter. In the big 
kitchen at night, before a blazing log fire, would sit the cook, sur- 
rounded by several of the house servants preparing the fruit for cakes, 
mincemeat and plum pudding. Apple toddy was made by an old 
family receipt usually a month beforehand, as it improved, like many 
other things, with age. The menu for a Christmas dinner at this old 
house was a soup, either calf's head or turtle; then a turkey at one end 
and a young pig or a haunch of venison at the other, with a great 

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variety of vegetables. Wines of different kinds were served through- 
out the dinner, and of a rare vintage were they, for every man of 
means had his wine cellar and the Virginia gentleman of those days 
was a connoisseur. Then came the dessert, to childhood's eyes most 
important; a bowl of calvesfoot jelly, sparkling in the cut glass bowl, 
and the oft repeated comparison of Santa Claus in the old nursery 
jingle, " that he had a round face and a little round belly, which shook 
when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly," was a good one to juvenile 
minds. The plum pudding was always brought in, in a blaze of glory, 
with a sprig of holly in the top, while the blue flame danced around it. 
A big fruit cake, mince pies and blanc-mange moulded in the shape of 
eggs and lying in a nest of thinly shaved lemon peel, were some of the 
Christmas cheer on that dinner table. The china was the old blue 
Canton, while the finest damask, cut glass and old silver added its 
aristocratic touch to the picture. Every servant had his share of 
the good things, and that night the sound of the fiddle and the shuffle 
of many feet gave evidence of a dance in the kitchen for the negroes. 
Years have passed. The master and mistress of this happy home 
have been sleeping many years in the old graveyard on the plantation. 
The descendants are scattered far and wide. The old blue china 
hangs on the walls of the home of one of them in Germantown, with 
some of the silver that graced that last Christmas dinner. Two old 
receipt books, yellow with age and worn with much handling, are still 
preserved, and here are some of the receipts from such famous Vir- 
ginia housekeepers as Mrs. Roy Mason, Mrs. O. Taylor, Mrs. Ran- 
dolph and many others. 

(Mrs. James T. Halsey.) Sue Mason Maury Halsey. 



HOW TO COOK A HUSBAND. 

GODERICH, LAKE HURON, CANADA. 

In a lecture room, before a cooking school, 
For cooking a husband was given this rule : 
First, in selecting, to market don't go; 
The best you'll not find there, most surely no. 
For although there are many, yes, galore, 
The prime will always be brought to your door. 
Don't think for a moment, to bake or broil, 
Much better tie in the kettle to boil. 
Use a silken cord called comfort — 'twon't break, 
But one called duty is apt to be weak. 
To make him secure it is well, no doubt, 
Yes ! for aught we know; he'd be falling out. 
And then, too surely if your back were turned, 
He'd become, alas ! both crusty and burned. 
In cooking a husband you'll plainly see, 
Like lobsters and crabs, alive they must be. 
Should he sputter and fuss, help there is none; 
Some husbands do it until they are done. 
Some sugar add, in the form of kisses ; 
You'll find to absorb, he rarely misses. 
Vinegar and pepper, use none at all ; 
But of spice you may add a sprinkling small. 
Stir some, lest to the kettle he adhere. 
Thus making him useless, I greatly fear. 
Please not in his side some instrument stick, 
For when he is done you will know it quick. 
With proper treatment and excellent care 
You'll find him, indeed, delicious and rare. 

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THE ARISTOCRACY OF THE KITCHEN. 

Next in importance to the mammy in the Southern home was 
the cook, not only in her own estimation, but to those with whom she 
came in contact. She was queen in her domain — the kitchen. A 
representative of a prominent South Carolina family tells the follow- 
ing story : When a little girl of ten, she heard her mother say one 
day that she was descended from the Indian Princess, Pocahontas. 
This made a great impression on her childish mind. Going one day 
into the kitchen, she was summarily ordered out by the cook. Rising 
to the dignity of her ten years, and the blood of this princess, which 
she felt coursing through her veins, she said : " Don't you dare order 
me out. I am descended from a Princess." With great dignity the 
old cook, assuming a most queenly air, said : " I am descended from 
a princess, too." With rare, quick wit this young lady said : " Who 
is your princess? " " Pocahontas," was the reply. " And," said this 
charming woman, " I never told the name of my princess, and retired 
from the royal dominion." 

Sue Mason Maury Halsey. 



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MENUS. 



LUNCHEON. 

Hearts of artichokes filled with Russian caviar, then a layer of 
hard-boiled egg, and in the centre a half olive, stuffed with sweet 
pepper. Served on small plate, individually. 

Turtle Soup. 
Contributed by Miss Charlotte Mitchell, New Orleans. 

Madison Biscuit. 
Contributed by Mrs. Robert C. Wright, Haverford, Pa. 

Deviled Clams. 
Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, New York. 

Fried Sweet Peppers. 
Contributed by Mrs. Mary Palmer Bispham, Overbrook, Pa. 

Chicken Saute Bellevue. 
Contributed by Andrew Hisler, Chef of Bellevue, Stratford. 

Stuffed Ripe Tomatoes, Southern Style. 
Contributed by Mrs. Adelaide Bragg Carrick, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Corn Cake. 
Contributed by Mrs. Malcolm S. Council!, Bryn Matwr, Pa. 

Crab Salad. 
Contributed by Miss Lucretia Lennig, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Cream Cheese Balls, Red and White Bar le Due Toasted Crackers. 

German or Vanilla Cream. 
Contributed by Mr. and Mrs. John Cadzvalader, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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LUNCHEON. 

Grape fruit, bananas, oranges, mixed and cut in small pieces. 
Served in tall champagne glasses, with powdered ice covering the top. 

Ochra Soup. 
Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Muffins. 
Contributed by Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Crab Ravigote. 
Contributed by Mrs. Joseph JSteff, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Sweet Bread with Tomatoes. 
Contributed by Miss Annie Swift Hammond, Providence, R. I. 

A Real Indian Pilau. 
Contributed by Mrs. Lily Latrobe Poring, Washington, D. C. 

Rice and Pepper, Creole Fashion. 
Contributed by Mrs. Robert Lindsay Pollard, Austin, Texas. 

Baked Sweet Potatoes. 
Contributed by Miss Lucrctia Lennig, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Asparagus Salad. 
Toasted Crackers, spread with Butter, and Covered with Grated Edam 

Cheese. 

Mousse. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, New York. 

Coffee. 

Contributed by Lieut. Houston Eldredge. 



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LUNCHEON. 

Deep shell oysters, on half shell, served individually, with a l /± 
of lemon in centre of plate. Pass grated horseradish. 

Mushroom Soup. 
Contributed by Mrs. James Crosby Brown, Rosemont, Pa. 

Famous Virginia Yeast Rolls. 
Contributed by Mrs. Eugene S. Herndon, German-town, Pa. 

Lobster and Crab Farcee. 
Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Quenelles with Spinach. 
Contributed by Mrs. Joseph Coleman Bright, Overbrook, Pa. 

Chicken Croquettes. 
Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

Served with Rice Croquettes. 
Contributed by Mrs. Oliver Hastings, Cambridge, Mass. 

Stuffed Green Peppers. 
Contributed by Mrs. Robert Lindsay Pollard, Austin, Texas. 

Grape Fruit Salad. 
Camombert Cheese — warmed until creamy — Toasted Crackers. 

Frozen Coffee. 
Contributed by Mrs. Naudain Duer, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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DINNER. 

Caviar on Toast. 

Prepare rounds of toast of white bread. Place over the fire for 

a minute or two, two large tablespoons of cavier, and one tablespoonful 

of cream, stirring all the while. Pour this mixture over the toast. 

Soup. Olives. Celery Hearts. 

Rich Brown Soup. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles A. Farnum, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Fish. 

Shad Roe Croquettes. 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon. 

Entree. Salted Nuts. 

Frogs' Legs and New Peas. 

Fowl. 

Chicken Saute Bellevue. 

Contributed by Andrezv Hisler, Chef of Bellevue-Stratford. 

New Peas. 
Tomatoes Halved and Fried, with Cream Gravy. 

Ice. 

Claret Ice. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Game. 
Pheasant. Hot House Grapes Mixed with Grape Fruit and French 

Dressing. 

Dessert. 

Frozen Pudding. 

Contributed by Mrs. Clara Lee Pollard, Montgomery, Ala. 

Sweets and Coffee and Cheese — Roquefort. 

New Orleans Brulo. 

Contributed by Lieut. Houston Eldredge, Fortress Monroe, Va. 



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DINNER. 

Little Neck Clams on Half Shell. Tomato Catsup. 

Soup. 
Pepper Pot. Pulled Bread. 

Contributed by Miss Anne H. Crcsson, Germantown, Pa. 

Fish. 

Fish Pie. Olives. Celery (Hearts). 

Contributed by Mrs. fames Crosby Brown, Rosenwnt, Pa. 

Entree. Salted Nuts. 

Vol-au-vent of Sweetbread. Fresh Mushrooms, and Macaroni. 

Roast Ducks. Apple Sauce. 

Contributed by Mrs. Gitlielma Harrison, Brandon, Va. 

Spinach, Creamed. Baked Cauliflower. 

Ice. 

Sherbert. 

Contributed by Mrs. Seth Barton French. 

Game and Salad. 
Partridges. Apple and Celery Salad. Mayonnaise Dressing. 

Dessert. 

" Aunt Parsons " Ice Cream. 

Contributed by Miss Pauline Johnson, Strafford, Pa. 

Candy. Coffee and Cheese — Cream Cheese. 

New Orleans Brulo. 

Contributed by Lieut. Houston Eldredge, Fortress Monroe, Va. 



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DINNER. 

Oysters on Half Shell. One-fourth Slice Lemon. Horseradish. 

Soup. 

Turtle Soup. Rasp Rolls. 

Contributed by Miss Charlotte Mitchell, New Orleans. 

Fish. Olives. Celery Hearts. 

Sabot a la Creme au Gratin. 

Contributed by Mrs. John Poe, Baltimore. 

Entree. Salted Nuts. 

Sweet Breads with Tomatoes. 

Contributed by Miss Annie Swift Hammond, Providence, R. I. 

Creole Receipt for Grillades. 

Contributed by Miss Gottschalk, Pennsylvania. 

Italian Macaroni with Cheese. Potato Croquettes. 

Ice. 

Lalla Rookh Punch. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert H. Maury, Richmond, Va, 

Game and Salad. 
Quail. The Heart of Lettuce, and French Dressing. 

Dessert. 

Charlotte Russe. 

Contributed by Mrs. Portieux Robinson, Richmond, Va. 

Candy and Coffee and Cheese. . Camombert. 

New Orleans Brulo. 

Contributed by Lieut. Houston Eldredge, Fortress Monroe, Va. 



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BREADS, 



BREADS. 

Contributed by Mr. Barclay Johnson, Stafford, Pa. 

" Good bread, and good drink, a good fire in the hall, 
Bravver, pudding and sauce, and good mustard with all, 
Beef, mutton and pork, shred pies of the best, 
Pig, veal, goose and capon, and turkey well drest. 
Cheese, apples and nuts, jolly carols to hear, 
Ah these, in the country, are counted good cheer ! " 

GOOD BREAD UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. 
If bread is the staff of life," the Southern housekeeper has many 
and a great variety. They are troublesome in a way, as they require 
while rising to be moved from one warm place to another in winter, 
or cold place in summer. The old negro cooks would often declare : 
" They sutinly did have to nuss dat bread last night,' meaning that 
the temperature varied and they got up to put the bread in a cooler 
or warmer place. Some years ago a party of young men went on a 
hunting trip, taking with them an old negro cook John. They were 
Southern men, who considered hot bread for breakfast a necessity. 
Morning after morning they would sit down to breakfast to heavy 
bread, so they told John he must do better. John was much im- 
pressed, so the next morning, although the night had been unusually 
cold, the rolls were light. " Why, John," they exclaimed, " these 
rolls are fine." " Yes, Sar," said John, " I made up my mind 1 
want gwine to have no more trouble, so I done tuk dat bracle to bade 
wid me and done kiver it up jest like I done myself." 

Sue Mason Maury Halsey. 



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BREADS. 

CREAM BISCUIT. 

Mrs. Richard L. Ashurst, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One cup of sour cream, 2.]/ 2 cups of sifted flour, i teaspoonful 
of salt. Knead it into a dough, roll out thin, cut in irregular pieces, 
and bake in a modern oven. 

YORKSHIRE BREAD. 
Mrs. Wm. Govane Howard, " Drumquhasle," Maryland. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert C. Wright, Haverford, Pa. 

Make a " rising " in the morning (if required for tea) with yeast, 
using i qt. of milk, 2 eggs, }4 lb. of butter — the milk to be 
warmed enough to melt the butter, and sufficient flour to make it as 
thick as bread. Use a little salt, and knead as ordinary bread. Break 
off pieces the size of a breakfast plate and set again. Then bake. To 
be buttered in the kitchen. 

MADISON BISCUIT. 

Mrs. John Murdoch, Baltimore, Md. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert. C. Wright, Haverford, Pa. 

To each qt. of flour, put y 2 pt. of yeast, 1 egg well beaten. 
1 large potato, 1 tablespoon ful of white sugar, and 1 of lard. Put 
the yeast, egg and sugar together. Mash the potato and mix in with 
milk to moisten, then well into the flour as for rolls. They will rise 
in from four to six hours in warm weather. When light, roll thin, 
handling the dough as little as possible. Cut and put them into a 
pan to rise until it is time to bake. They will bake in ten or fifteen 
minutes. Two quarts of flour will make about 50 biscuits. To be 
eaten as soon as baked. 

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38 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

WAFFLES (PERFECT). ' 

Miss Logan, Kentucky. 

Contributed by Mrs. Wm. D. Winsor, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One pt. sour cream, 2 pts. flour, 3 eggs, 1 teaspoon of soda, 3 
tablespoons of melted lard, a little salt. Beat the eggs separately, put 
flour and sour cream in the yellows, thin the batter very thin with 
sweet milk. Add lard, then soda dissolved in a little milk, and lastly 
the whites. Bake quickly in very hot irons. 

BOSTON BROWN BREAD. 

Mrs. Henry Winsor, Boston, Mass. 

Contributed by Mrs. Wm. D. Winsor, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One pt. graham flour, 1 pt. Indian meal, 1 pt. wheat flour, y 2 
cup molasses. Mix the flour with a little salt, and then pour in the 
molasses, stir in a quart of sour milk or butter milk a tablespoon of 
soda until it froths. Pour it gradually over the flour and beat till 
quite light. Butter the tin (a 2 or 3 lb. lard kettle will answer), pour 
in the mixture, cover the tin perfectly tight and boil it in a pot of 
water 3 hours (leave on range all night). In the morning just before 
breakfast turn it carefully out and put it in oven a few minutes to 
brown crust. 

SALLY LUNN. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take y lb. butter, 1 lb. flour, 2 eggs, y 2 gill of yeast or ^ a 
yeast cake dissolved in a little warm water, milk enough to make a 
soft dough, y 2 teaspoon salt, cut up butter and melt in warm milk. 
When the milk is lukewarm stir it into the flour, with eggs beaten 
very light, then add yeast. Butter your mould carefully in which 
place your mixture, and set in winter near fire to rise. When per- 
fectly light and risen to top of Turk's head, bake in moderate oven. 



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THIN BISCUIT. 

To i lb. flour, i tablespoon butter, i tea cup cream a little sour, 
i salt spoon of salt, i teaspoon soda. Make dough as soft as possible, 
roll very thin, cut out and bake quickly in hot oven about 5 minutes. 

BATTER CAKES. 

Contributed by Mrs. A. IV. Garbcr, " Ingleside" Richmond, Va. 

Two eggs, 1 cup of meal, 1 salt spoon of salt, 1 cup of milk. 
Make in a thin batter, adding more milk if necessary, and bake on 
hot griddle. A table spoon of melted butter is an improvement. 

FLANNEL CAKES. 

Contributed by Mrs. A. IV. Garbcr, " Ingleside," Richmond, Va. 

Two eggs, 1 cup of flour, i l / 2 cups of buttermilk, beat your eggs 
very light, and then add 1 cup of milk, then your flour, then ]/ 2 cup 
of buttermilk with ]/$ teaspoon of soda. Bake on hot greased griddle. 

MUFFINS. 

Mrs. Daniel Harrison, Philadelphia, Pa., 1861. 

Contributed by Mrs. W . Hinckle Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Make a batter of 1 qt. of flour and 1 qt. of milk, 3 eggs well 
beaten, and a wine glass of yeast. Add a little salt and let it rise, 
cut into the flour a large spoonful of butter. Bake in muffin rings. 

CORN MUFFINS. 

Contributed by Mrs. A. IV. Garbcr, " Ingleside," Richmond, Va. 

Three eggs, 1 cup of meal, 1 heaping tablespoon of butter, i 1 /* 
cups of buttermilk. Beat the eggs very light, then add to them 1 cup 
buttermilk, then meal and butter, then ]/ 2 tea cup of buttermilk, stir- 
ring in l / 2 teaspoon soda and 1 salt spoon salt. Grease your tins and 
bake quickly. 



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MUFFINS. 
Contributed by Mrs. A. W . Garber, " Ingleside," Richmond, Va. 

One half pt. flour, x / 2 cup of yeast and let rise 2 hours. Then 
add 3 eggs, 1 pt. of flour, 1 tablespoon of butter, 1 cup of milk. Beat 
eggs very light, then add milk and flour to your sponge and 1 salt 
spoon of salt. Set this away to rise 5 hours. Then put in muffin 
cups to rise to top. When risen bake in quick oven. In place of ' x / 2 
cup of yeast, ' x / 2 yeast cake can be substituted. 

THIN BISCUIT. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take 1 pt. of flour sifted. Into this rub 1 heaping tablespoon of 
butter, add 2 eggs, and enough cream to make a dough sufficient to 
roll. Roll as thin as your nail, prick with a fork, cut out with a glass, 
dust with flour and place in pan in a hot oven until light brown. 

BREAD CAKE. 

Mrs. Daniel Harrison, Philadelphia, Pa., 1861. 

Contributed by Mrs. W . Hinckle Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two fea cups of risen dough, y 2 tea cup of sugar, ' x / 2 tea cup of 
butter, 2 eggs, raisins to taste. Add a mite of soda and cream of 
tartar in the dough, and dissolve the soda in a little milk, and add 
lastly. 

SALLY LUNN. 

Contributed by Mrs. T. B. Sims, Bryn Mazur, Pa. 

Three tablespoons of sugar and 3 of butter creamed together, 3 
eggs well beaten and added to butter and sugar. One pt. of milk, y 2 
yeast cake dissolved in 3 tablespoons of tepid water, or of yeast 2 
tablespoonsful, about 1 qt. of flour, 1 teaspoon of salt. Beat well, 
rise over night or all day. Bake in old-fashioned Turk's head. 



BREADS 4I 

CORN BREAD. 

Contributed by Mrs. Mary Balding, Philadelphia, Pa., 1858. 

One qt. of sour milk, 6 eggs, 1 teaspoon saleratus, 1 teaspoon of 
salt, 2 tablespoons melted butter. Make it as thick as sponge cake 
with Indian meal from Virginia, and bake y 2 hour. 

MUSH CAKES. 

Miss Mollie Ward, Philadelphia, Pa., 1855. 

Take 1 qt. of cold mush, y 2 pt. of wheat flour, a little butter or 
lard. Make into little cakes with your hand, flour, and bake them 
on a griddle as slab-cake, or in the oven. 

WAFFLES. 

Mrs. Joseph Patterson, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One qt. milk, 2 eggs, l / 2 tea cup rice flour, 2 tablespoons yeast 
powder, and enough flour to make batter. 

RYE BREAD. 

Contributed by Mrs. J. Bertram Lippincott, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Five pts. of flour, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 qt. of warm water, 1 cup 
of yeast. Mix well and work well with plenty of flour, then place 
in well greased pans. Let rise and bake in oven \]/ 2 hours. Never 
set at night but work as soon as mixed. 

CLERMONT MUFFINS. 

Mrs. Robert K. Livingstone, New York, 1775. 

Two eggs, 2 tablespoons butter, 1 large tea cup cream, sweet or 
sour, 1 salt spoon of salt, flour enough for a very soft dough. Mix 
well, shape into small balls the size of an English walnut. Roll out 
in thin cakes! each one about the size of a dessert plate, not much 
thicker than paper. Bake in a pan in front of a hot fire. 



42 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

BROWN BREAD. 

Contributed by Mrs. J. Bertram Lippincott, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Five pts. of flour, i teaspoon of salt, i qt. of warm water, i cup 
of yeast, 2 tablespoons molasses. Mix well and work with plenty of 
flour, place in greased pans and bake ife hours. Never set at night. 
Work as soon as mixed. 

BREAD. 
Contributed by Mrs. J. Bertram Lippincott, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Wheat bread four loaves, 2 qts. of flour, 2 qts. of warm water, 
2 cups of yeast, nearly 1 tablespoon of salt. Put the salt in the flour 
and then pour in the water and finally the yeast. Mix up well and 
work with plenty of flour, and then put in pans greased with lard. 
Let it rise, and then bake i 1 /* hours in a hot oven. Never "set" it 
at night, but work it as soon as mixed. 

GERMAN WAFFLES. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, Nezv York. 

Stir y 2 cup of butter to a cream, add a tablespoon sugar, then add 
slowly 1 yolk of an egg and a little flour, beating well. Continue 
until 6 yolks and 4 oz. of flour have been used. Then add % pt. 
whipped cream, and 5 whites beaten light. Flavor with lemon, or 
nutmeg if liked. Heat waffle iron and pour a tablespoon in each com- 
partment. 

POTATO PONE. 

" Belvidere Plantation," Eutaw Springs, S. C. 
An Old South Carolina Receipt. 

Contributed by Miss Caroline Smkler, Philadelphia, Pa. 
One qt. grated sweet potatoes, 1 pt. molasses, 10 oz. brown sugar, 
24 lb. butter, 3 eggs beaten light, ginger to taste, a little salt, an even 
teaspoonful of soda, and water to make a soft batter. Bake a long 
time in pans about 3 inches deep. 



BREADS 43 

" BELVIDERE PLANTATION " INDIAN MEAL GRIDDLE 

CAKES. 

As Made in South Carolina. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles Brinton Coxc, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One qt. milk, 34 lb. butter, i pt. Indian meal, 5 even spoonfuls 
of wheat flour, 4 eggs. Boil the butter in the milk, and pour over 
the meal, to which 1 teaspoon salt has been added. Let it cool and 
add the well-beaten eggs and sifted flour. Bake on a griddle.' 

" BELVIDERE PLANTATION " BRANDON PUFFS. 

A South Carolina Receipt. 

Contributed by Miss Caroline Sinkler, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One qt. flour, 1 tea cup butter, 4 eggs, 1 yeast cake. Make it into 
a stiff batter over night with sweet milk. Next morning add a tea 
cup of corn meal sifted finely, beat well and put to rise in cups or muffin 
pans, and bake when light. 

RICE WAFFLES. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

One cup boiled rice, 3 cups flour, 3 eggs well beaten, 1 teaspoon 
soda, milk enough to make it proper consistency. Bake in very hot, 
well-greased waffle irons. 

SALLY LUNN. 

Contributed by Mrs. W . Hinckle Smith, Philadelphia. 

One pt. boiled milk, l / 2 yeast cake, 1 tablespoon white sugar, 1 
tablespoon melted butter, V/2 pts. sifted flour, 1 teaspoon salt, and 
three eggs. Boil milk, take when lukewarm and add yeast dissolved 
in y 2 cup of tepid water. Add butter, flour, sugar and salt. Beat 
well and stand for 2 hours. Separate eggs and beat whites and then 
yolks and add. Stand for 15 minutes and bake ]/ 2 hour. 



44 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

FAMOUS VIRGINIA YEAST ROLLS. 
Contributed by Mrs. Eugene S. Herndon, Germantown, Pa. 

For Batter. — i pt. of lukewarm water, 2 heaping tablespoons of 
white sugar,, 1 small teaspoon of salt, iy 2 teacups of fresh yeast, or 
34 yeast cake, dissolving in lukewarm water to make cup full. Mix 
with enough flour to make a stiff batter. Put yeast in last, after mak- 
ing batter. Make it at 2 P. M., and set in warm place to rise ready 
to make into dough at 8 P. M. For dough, take 2 l / 2 pts. of flour, 
and 2 round tablespoons of lard, and a little salt. Work lard and 
flour together, and put in batter which has been cooled. Make a stiff 
dough, and work 20 minutes. Set aside to rise over night in warm 
place. Before breakfast take out and work for 5 minutes. Set to 
rise again and make into rolls for breakfast. Put a little melted but- 
ter on top of each roll, and place in hot oven. 

(Note. — From Mrs. Eugene S. Herndon, Germantown. — This 
receipt has been in the Herndon family (of Virginia) since 1668, 
and handed down from generation to generation. I copied it from 
an old receipt book. I can assure any one who uses this receipt that 
they will be compensated for what may seem a great deal of trouble. 
I have never failed to have the most perfect results. Of course one 
must use judgment in heat or cold in setting to rise and length of time 
given.) 

INDIAN SPONGE BREAKFAST CAKES. 

Providence, R. I. 

One cup sour milk, 1 tea spoonful saleratus dissolved in tablespoon 
boiling water, 2 cups meal, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons flour, 2 tablespoons 
sugar. Bake. 

POP OVERS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Elisabeth Cooper Harrison, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two eggs beaten together, 2 cups of milk, ij4 cups flour, and a 
pinch of salt. Put small quantity of this thin batter in well-buttered 
tins, and bake in a very quick oven. Serve hot. 



BREADS 45 

SPONGE FOR BREAD. 

A Typical Virginia Receipt. 

Contributed by Sarah Young, Mrs. R. H. Maury's Cook. 
Richmond, Va. 

Boil i potato and cream it fine. Add to that (if you make 2 qts. 
of flour) 2 tablespoons of yeast, and take some of the 2 qts. sufficient 
to make a batter. In winter make up batter at about three o'clock, 
and set in warm place to rise. Then about nine or ten o'clock at night 
mix it well into the rest of the 2 qts., reserving j/» pt. of 2 qts. of flour 
to knead in the dough. In the morning knead dough well, and put in 
warm place to rise. It takes about one hour to bake to have ready 
for breakfast, either made off into rolls or loaf bread. 

MUFFINS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper Harrison, Philadelphia. 

Four eggs beaten separately, 1 qt. sweet milk, enough flour for 
a stiff batter, one compressed yeast cake, butter the size of an egg", 
pinch of salt. Bake slowly on griddle over a good fire. Use muffin 
rings. Delicious toasted the day after baked. » 

DELICIOUS CORN MUFFINS. 

Providence, R. I. 

One pt. corn meal, i l / 2 pt. milk, little salt, 3 eggs, yolks and 
whites beaten separately. Scald the meal with the milk the night 
before using for breakfast. One tablespoon melted butter. Add the 
yolks first, and when ready to bake add the whites. Bake in thin 
pans. 

MARYLAND BISCUIT. 

Mrs. Joshua Harvey, Baltimore. 

One qt. flour, 1 tablespoon lard, 1 cup cold water and salt. Knead 
well and beat 10 minutes, and bake quickly. 



46 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

MRS. GROVER CLEVELAND'S CELEBRATED RECIPE FOR 

BROWN BREAD. 

Contributed by Mrs. John Beverly Roberts, Bryn Mazvr. 

One bowl Indian meal, i bowl rye flour, i bowl sour milk, i large 
cup molasses, i teaspoonful soda, i teaspoonful salt. The whole 
must be mixed thoroughly and steamed 2^/2 hours, then baked from 
20 minutes to a l / 2 hour, depending upon the heat of the oven. 

MUFF BREAD. 

Contributed by Mrs. Paid C. Lee, Birmingham, Ala. 

One pint milk, 1 tablespoon butter, 6 tablespoons flour, 4 eggs 
beaten separately, salt spoon of salt. Let the milk get warm enough 
to melt the butter, but not hot. Mix flour carefully into the milk that 
it may not lump. Add yolks of eggs, the rest of the milk, and last 
the whites whipped stiff. Beat the air well in and bake quickly in pie 
plates about one third full of batter. 

GRAHAM GEMS. 

Contributed' by Mrs. J. Frailey Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One pt. milk, 3 cups graham flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 cup boiled 
rice, 3 eggs, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 tablespoon melted butter. 
If with dates, 2 cups of flour, y 2 cup of chopped dates. Beat eggs 
separately, add flour to milk and then yolks of eggs, rice, salt, butter, 
powder and whites of eggs. Bake in small pans 20 minutes. 

SALLY LUNN. 

Mrs. Julia Breckenridge, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, Nezv York. 

Three pts. sifted flour, 6 oz. of butter rubbed in flour, salt; 4 
eggs beaten separately, pt. milk warm, teaspoonful sugar, part of yeast 
cake. 



BREADS 47 

QUICK WAFFLES. 

Mrs. John Moulten, Reading, Pa. 

One pt. milk, pinch salt, 3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking flour, 
and 3 eggs. Beat yolks until light, then add milk, then flour. Beat 
until smooth, add butter melted, add last whites beaten light, baking 
powder, and mix thoroughly. 

BEATEN BISCUIT. 

Contributed by Airs. John Stephenson, Winchester, Va. 

A piece of risen dough the size of your double fist, a tea cup of 
sweet milk, 1 tablespoon white sugar, 2 oz. lard and flour enough to 
make a biscuit dough. Beat 20 minutes. Make into biscuit and bake 
in moderate oven. 

RICE WAFFLES. 

Contributed by Mrs. Mary Palmer Bispham, Richmond, Va. 

Boil 2 cups of rice quite soft, make into a thin batter with 3 eggs, 
a tablespoon of butter and 1 of milk. Beat light and bake in waffle 
irons. 

DROP CORN CAKES. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia. 

One pt. corn meal, 2 pts. boiled gritz or small hominy, 3 eggs, 
piece of butter size of an egg, then thin with milk until you can drop 
them with a spoon on a pan, and bake brown. 

POP OVERS. 

Mrs. Gouverneur Ogden, New York, 1880. 

Contributed by Miss Elica Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mawr. 

One egg well beaten, 1 cup sweet milk, 1 cup sifted flour, salt 
ro taste. Drop in hot gem tins and bake quickly. 



4 8 W FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

CORN BREAD. 

As Prepared at St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans. 

Two eggs beaten very light. Mix with them i pt. sour milk or 
buttermilk, i pt. of meal. Melt i large tablespoon butter and add to 
the mixture. Dissolve i tablespoon soda in a portion of the milk and 
add to the mixture. Then beat very hard and bake in pan in a quick 
oven. 

LAPLANDERS. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halscy, Philadelphia-. 

Half a cup of butter, 2 tablespoons of white sugar, 1 pt. of milk, 
pinch of salt, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, enough flour for a thin 
batter to pour from a pitcher, 2 eggs. Bake in cups in hot oven. 

GRAHAM ROLLS. 

Two cups of graham flour, j/4. of cup of wheat flour, piece of 
butter size of an egg, 2 tablespoons of white sugar, Y / 2 teaspoon of 
salt, 2 heaping teaspoons of baking powder. Milk to make a thick 
batter, 1 tablespoonful of batter in each roll pan. 

BREAD MUFFINS. 

Contributed by Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One pt. of broken bread, 1 pt. of milk, 2 eggs, 1 tablespoon of 
butter melted, 1 tablespoon of baking powder, 1 tablespoon of salt. 
Soak bread in milk for J / 2 hour, add butter, yolks of eggs beaten 
light, salt, \y 2 cups of flour, then whites of eggs beaten, and baking- 
powder, and bake in small pans. 

JANICE MEREDITH'S MAIZE BREAD. 

Contributed by Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander, Philadelphia. 

One-half pt. corn meal, scald with y 2 cup of boiling water, 1 tea- 
spoon salt, 2 eggs, 1 cup milk, 1 large tesapoon baking powder. Mix 
thoroughly, bake in a pudding dish and serve with a spoon. 



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TO MAKE GOOD YEAST. 

Mrs. Roy Mason " Cleveland," King George Co., Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia. 

Three mealy potatoes boiled in i qt. of water. When soft, peel 
and mash them fine, and add i pt. of the water in which the potatoes 
were boiled. Mix in 3 tablespoons brown sugar, and add 1 teacup of 
yeast to raise it. In 3 hours it will be fit for use. 

SALLY LUNN. 

Contributed by Mrs. Mary Palmer Bispham, Richmond, Va. 

Sift into a pan iVi pounds of flour, make an opening in the mid- 
dle, put in 2 oz. of butter warmed in a pt. of milk, a salt spoon of salt, 
3 eggs well beaten, and 2 tablespoons of yeast. Mix the flour into the 
other ingredients and put the whole into a tin pan well greased, cover 
it, put in a warm place, and when it is light bake in a moderate oven. 

FLANNEL CAKES. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia. 

One pt. of meal. 1 pt. of flour, 1 teaspoon salt, yeast enough to 
raise it, or ]/\ of an yeast cake. Mix the batter with tepid water, 
almost as thick as for buckwheat cakes. When risen, bake in a grid- 
dle. 

CORN BREAD. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia. 

To 1 pt. of meal add a large spoonful melted butter, 1 pt. of 
buttermilk, 3 well-beaten eggs, a little salt and a small teaspoon soda. 
Bake in a slow oven, allowing ample time for the meal to swell after 
being put into oven before browning. 



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FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 



RYE AND INDIAN BREAD. 

A Very Old Receipt. 

Mrs. Jacob Batcheller — New England — 1770. 

Contributed by Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander, Philadelphia. 

One cup of sugar house molasses, 1 cup of sour milk, 1 cup of 
boiling water poured on, 1 cup of corn meal, 1 cup of graham flour, 1 
cup of rye, y 2 cup white wheat flour, ij4 teaspoon soda, pinch of salt. 
Steam for three hours and bake 1 hour in oven. 

BEATEN BISCUIT. 
Contributed by Mrs: Mary C. B. Alexander, Philadelphia. 

This receipt has been used for several generations in a Mont- 
gomery, Alabama, family. The biscuits were formerly beaten on a 
heavy block cut from a large tree, but of late a biscuit machine has 
been used, and is very satisfactory. 

One qt. flour, 1 cup milk, a pinch of soda size of a small pea, 1 
kitchen-spoon lard. Sift soda and salt in flour thoroughly, rub lard 
in flour until it is like corn meal. Then add milk and mix well. Roll 
through a biscuit machine for y 2 hour, or beat 100 strokes on a block 
with a heavy pestle. Cut the size of a gentleman's watch and bake in 
moderate oven. 

SOUFLE BISCUIT. 

Rub 4 oz. of butter into a qt. of flour. Make into a paste with 
milk, knead it well, roll it as thin as paper and bake it to look white. 

DROP BISCUITS. 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings, Cambridge, Mass. 

Contributed by Mrs. Morris Longstreth, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One pt. sour milk, 1 pt. sugar, little soda and salt. Stir with 
enough flour to make a thick batter, pour into pans and bake. Break 
instead of cutting. 



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SWEET ROLLS. 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings, Cambridge, Mass. 

Contributed by Mrs. Morris Longstrcth, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take 1 pt. of milk, a little more than a half a yeast cake, make a 
batter with flour and let it stand as long as it will rise. Take 6 oz. 
white sugar, two-thirds cup melted butter and mix with a l / 2 pt. warm 
milk, not quite a y 2 teaspoon of soda, some flour, and mix all together, 
the same as other dough ; roll after mixing and let it rise again, then 
roll out, cut in biscuit form and let rise Y\ an hour. 

VIRGINIA SOUR MILK BATTER BREAD. 

Contributed by Houston Eldredge, Fortress Monroe, Va. 

Scald y 2 pint corn meal. When cool beat it into l /> pint of clab- 
ber with 1 tablespoonful of melted butter, 1 tablespoonful of flour, 1 
teaspoonful of salt ; beat well, then add another y 2 pint of clabber. 
Beat well. Dissolve y 2 teaspoonful of soda in 'y 2 cup of clabber and 
beat that into the mixture and beat the whole well. Put in a well- 
buttered pudding dish and bake y 2 hour in quick oven. The bread is 
done when a broom straw inserted in it comes out without any of the 
batter adhering to it. This is the real Virginia batter bread. 

KENTUCKY SALT RISING BREAD. 
Contributed by Houston Eldredge, Fortress Monroe, Va. 

One cup sweet milk scalded ; to this add a pinch of salt and 
enough corn meal to make a batter; put this in a warm place over 
night to sour. In the morning put in this 1 pint of warm water, then 
add enough flour to make a batter and set in a warm place to rise; 
this will take about two hours. 

To 3 sifters of flour add 1 teaspoonful of salt, 1 tablespoonful of 
lard, and y 2 cup yeast ; work up into a sponge, adding lukewarm 
water; set this to rise, which will take about three hours. When it 
has risen, bake in a slow oven for about 40 or 50 minutes. 



52 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

VIRGINIA BATTY CAKES. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two cups of sifted flour, i of corn meal, 3 eggs beaten sepa- 
rately, made into a batter with buttermilk, or some milk in which a 
teaspoon of soda has been thoroughly dissolved. Pour upon greased 
griddle from a spoon, and allow the cakes to have the thickness of 
good buckwheat cakes. 

SALLY LUNN. 

Mrs. W. H. Pulsifer, St. Louis, Mo. 

Two eggs, t/z cup sugar, a piece of butter the size of an egg, a 
coffee cup of sweet milk, 1 tablespoonful of baking powder, flour 
enough to make a thick batter. Use a high cake pan well greased, and 
bake in quick oven. Serve hot. 

MUFFINS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Edward Jacquelin Smith, Fredericksburg, Va. 

One pint of flour, not quite ^ pint of cream, spoonful of melted 
butter, 2 eggs beaten and 2 tablespoons of yeast. Mix all well to- 
gether and set to rise in a warm place. When well risen, stir down, 
grease your muffin cups, half fill each and set to rise again. When 
risen bake quickly. 

LAPLAND CAKES. 

Mrs. Charles Mason, "Alto," King George County, Virginia. 

A Great-Great-Granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson. 

Contributed by her Daughter, Mrs. Edward Jacquelin Smith, 
Fredericksburg, Va. 

Three eggs beaten very light and stirred in a pint of cream, then 
mix in 1 pint of flour, beating until perfectly smooth. Grease your 
shapes, pour in the batter and bake very quickly. 



BREADS 53 

DUTCH TOAST. 

Mrs. W. H. Pulsifer, St. Louis, Mo. 

One pt. of milk and 2 eggs, sweeten and add a little nutmeg. Cut 
in thin slices baker's bread, dip in the custard and fry brown. Serve 
hot, and dust either powdered sugar or cinnamon over. 

CORN BREAD. 

Contributed by Mrs. Mary Palmer Bispham, Richmond, Va. 

To 4 eggs, 1 qt. of milk half sweet and half sour, butter the size 
of a walnut, and sufficient corn meal to make it the consistency of 
pound cake batter. A small teaspoon of soda dissolved in a little 
warm water, a little salt and a small quantity of brown sugar. Beat 
it well and bake in a quick oven in small earthen pans. 

INDIAN AND FLOUR BISCUITS. 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings, Cambridge, Mass. 

Contributed by Mrs. Morris Longstreth, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take y 2 pt. Indian meal, and pour boiling water on enough to 
moisten, then stir in two-thirds cup of molasses and a little salt. Let 
it stand until cool. Then stir in two-thirds cup of yeast and flour 
enough to mix with hands. Let it stand until it has risen. 

RICE OR HOMINY BREAD. 

From an Old Plantation Near Charleston, S. C. 

Contributed by Miss Caroline Sinkler, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two cups of cold rice or hominy, softened with hot water, beat 
m 3 e §"g s light and add 1 cup sweet milk, 1 cup of flour, 1 spoonful 
butter. Bake in a buttered pan, and turn out when done. Serve with 
butter spread over it. 



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FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 



THIN CORN CAKES. 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

One cup of Indian meal, i cup of boiling water, i large table- 
spoon of butter, salt spoon of salt. Beat well 8 or 10 minutes, spread 
on tin sheets, and bake a rich brown. 



EGGS. 



EGGS. 

SCRAMBLED EGGS. 

Contributed by Mr. Francis Rawle, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Use only a silver chafing dish, and stir with a silver spoon. Let 
the eggs be broken in the chafing dish, but do not beat or stir them 
until they begin to get warm. Respect their integrity until the last. 
Do not put any butter in the dish until eggs have become heated. Use 
only best butter, one tablespoonful. Pepper and salt can be added at 
the beginning, or with the butter. 

FRICASSEED EGGS AND ONIONS. 
Goderich, Lake Huron. 

Contributed by Mrs. W . A. Glasgonj, Jr., Philadelphia. 

Slice 6 hard boiled eggs. Cut a large onion (mild) in thin 
slices. Put them in a frying pan with 3 tablespoonsful of butter, and 
stir until delicately brown. Add 2 tablespoonsful flour; pepper, salt, 
and nutmeg if desired ; cup rich milk. Stir and boil in a few minutes. 
Now add egg and set saucepan over hot water until eggs are re-heated. 
Serve. 

A LARGE OMELET. 

For Mrs. Burd, from Her Affectionate Eliza Powel, 
October 13, 1810. 

Contributed by Mr. and Mrs. John Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Beat 12 eggs, yolks and whites, to a froth, add 2 middling sized 
onions, handful of fresh parsley, chop very fine and mince. Beat 
these ingredients into the eggs, pepper and salt to your taste. Fry it 
in boiling hot butter, five minutes is long enough over a brisk fire. 
The eggs will form into a pancake in the frying pan; when done, 
double it lightly in half, and dish it up hot to your table. (The French 
frequently add a little garlic, or fresh leeks.) 

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58 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

CHEESE AND EGGS. 

Margaret Cameron, Goderich, Lake Huron. 

Contributed by Mrs. W. A. Glasgow, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Soak i cup of dried bread crumbs in fresh milk. Beat into this 
3 eggs, add i tablespoonful of butter and y 2 lb. of grated cheese. 
Strew upon the top sifted bread crumbs, and bake in the oven a deli- 
cate brown. 

EGGS DIVORCON. 

Made by the Chef of the Arlington Hotel, Washington, D. C. 

Contributed by Mrs. James Anders, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Have in a deep sauce-pan boiling water, with a pinch of salt, and 
have at hand one fresh egg, crack carefully not to break the yolk, and 
after poaching one minute and a half, lift off with a skimmer and lay 
on puree of onions, and spread over a tablespoon of Bearnaise sauce ; 
the other egg must be fried, but with a knife see that you will fold 
the white right over the yolk. Cook for a minute, then remove and 
place on puree of spinach, spreading some tomato sauce over, and 
serve, so you have two different kinds of eggs. 



SOUPS. 



SOUPS. 

OYSTER SOUPS. 

(These are old and tried receipts.) 

Good oysters and plenty of them, being a necessary ingredient 
— unlike the penurious old lady in Fredericksburg, Va. (that home 
of hospitality and good living), who on one occasion was dispensing 
oyster soup from the head of her table. The oysters were few and 
far between. The old negro butler stood attention. With the per- 
sonal pride they all felt in those days in whatever concerned their 
master and mistress, he grasped the situation, and as she used the 
ladle to find an oyster that had strayed, he bent over in his eagerness, 
forgot to whisper and said : " Dar one, misstis." 

OCHRA SOUP. 

Mrs. Etting, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One-half shin beef, boil 6 hours, or until thoroughly done. Strain 
it, season with salt and white pepper and small white onion chopped 
fine; y[ peck of ochras cut very thin, ]/+ peck tomatoes, pared and 
choffped. Boil these in a sauce" pan 2 or 3 hours, stirring them con- 
stantly with a large wooden spoon, then pour them into soup, adding 
chopped parsley. Boil 2 or 3 hours. 

BLACK BEAN SOUP. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles A. Farnum, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One and one-half pint of beans if you do not soak them over 
night, 1 pint if you do, 1 teaspoon summer savory, 1 onion, if you 
like, a small bit of pork and boil with a beef bone, turkey or chicken 
bones. Put in your soup dish 1 lemon sliced, 4 eggs boiled hard and 
sliced, J / 2 tumbler wine, ]/ 2 of a large cup tomato catsup. 

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62 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

BEEF SOUP— (THE VERY BEST). 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C 

Get a good shin of beef and break the bones well. Put on fire 
in i gallon of cold water and let simmer slowly for 6 hours, boil until 
scum ceases to rise, skimming well. Then add 2 turnips chopped 
fine, 2 carrots, 2 Irish potatoes, and in season J / 2 doz. ears of corn 
cut from cob adding cob and let remain until you thicken soup. To- 
matoes and ochra are always the greatest improvement, 1 pint of each. 
The more tomatoes the better, either canned or fresh. Just before 
dinner thicken with about 1 teacup of flour well mixed with cold 
water. Browning the flour gives a better flavor. Boil a few minutes 
after adding flour. 

BRUNSWICK STEW. 

A Typical Old Virginia Receipt. 

Contributed by Mrs. Junius B. Mosby, Richmond, Va. 

Six quarts of water in an iron pot, 2 medium size chickens, 2 
slices bacon. Boil until meat is falling to pieces. Take out and chop 
fine, putting meat and bones back in pot. Add 6 large tomatoes, 1 
pint butter beans, 6 medium size onions, season with salt, red and 
black pepper to taste. After this has cooked for 1 hour, add 6 Irish 
potatoes cut in slices. One-half hour before serving add 6 ears corn 
with grain split, and Y /\ lb. of butter. Best to cook in thick iron pot 
and constantly stir to prevent burning. 

BOUILLON. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles Broadnax Maury, Washington, D. C. 

Six pounds of lean beef cut fine, 6 quarts of water and boil from 
four to five hours, then add 1 carrot, 1 turnip and 1 very small onion, 
and boil until carrot and turnip are thoroughly done. Take off fire 
and set aside until next morning, remove the grease and add white of 
1 egg. Put on fire until heated, adding salt to taste, strain it, and 
put enough burnt sugar and water to color it like brandy. 



SOUPS 63 

TURTLE SOUP. 

Contributed by Miss Charlotte Mitchell, New Orleans. 

Put meat in a pot of water and boil. Cut one lemon and remove 
seeds, 1 potato, 1 onion, 1 can tomatoes, some bay leaves and parsley. 
Boil all together for 3 hours, brown 3 tablespoons of flour to which has 
been added a little of the soup and a little butter. After this is added 
boil slowly for 2 hours. Have in tureen a hard boiled egg chopped 
fine, slices of lemon and chopped parsley. Season soup with Worces- 
tershire sauce and salt, then strain into tureen. 

RECIPE FOR BLACK BEAN SOUP. 

Harvey's Restaurant, Washington, D. C. 

One pint of black beans or turtle beans, 1 small onion, 4 quarts 
of water, 1 small chicken, or y 2 large one, or else 1 lb. beef and a slice 
of middling bacon. When the soup is nearly done chop up the meat 
which has been boiled in it. Season it with pepper and salt and make 
it into balls. Roll them in white of egg and dry them on the stove. 
When the soup is ready to be served, strain off the beans, add a wine- 
glass of walnut or tomato catsup and a wineglass of good sherry with 
4 hard-boiled eggs chopped and the meat balls to the soup. 

PARKER HOUSE SOUP. 

Miss Rice, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Miss Josephine B. Meeks, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Three quarts of beef stock, 1 carrot, 1 turnip, 1 beet, 2 small 
onions cut fine. Add to this 1 can tomatoes, or 3 quarts of fresh raw- 
tomatoes. Boil all together 1 hour, then strain it. Put 5 oz. of 
butter in a pan, heat it until light brown, remove it from the fire and 
stir into it 5 tablespoons of flour, mix well and add it to the soup. 
Season with salt and pepper and add 1 dessertspoonful of sugar. Put 
soup on fire and stir it until it boils 5 minutes, skimming all the 
while. 



6 4 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

MODE OF MAKING SARAH DAVIS' WHITE DAHL SOUP. 

Goderich, Lake Huron, Canada. 

Contributed by Mrs. IV. A. Glasgow, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. 

One-half pint dahl, 3 pints cold water, 2 blades of celery or 1 
teaspoon celery seed (tied in muslin), 3 sprigs parsley, 1 blade mace. 
y 2 dozen pepper cones, 1 onion, 1 oz. flour, 1 oz. butter, y 2 pint milk, 
4 tablespoons of cream, salt and pepper to taste. Put cream in just 
before serving, and do not allow it to boil afterwards. Wash dahl, 
put into sauce pan with cold water, celery, parsley, mace, pepper cones 
and sliced onions. Boil one hour, or until dahl is soft. Rub through 
a sieve with a wooden spoon as much of pulp as possible, also liquid. 
Into an empty sauce pan put flour and butter. Rub together till 
smooth over fire and add milk, stirring well until it thickens. Add 
soup from the other vessel, season with pepper and salt and boil up 
once. 

ONION SOUP. 

An Old Virginia Receipt. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Cut up 12 large onions. Boil them in 3 quarts of milk and 
water equally mixed. Put in a piece of fowl, or veal, and a piece 
of bacon with pepper and salt. When the onions are boiled to a pulp 
thicken with a large spoonful of butter mixed with 1 of flour. Take 
out meat and serve it up with toasted bread cut irf small pieces in 
the soup. 

CRAB SOUP. 

Contributed by Miss Charlotte Mitchell, New Orleans. 

Fifteen crabs thrown into boiling water alive. When cooked 
pick out the meat, stir it into 2 quarts of water in which a pound of 
bacon has been boiled. Add 1 pint of rich milk heated, to which has 
been added 2 well beaten yolks. Pour into crab soup, cook a few 
minutes without boiling. Season with salt and red pepper. 



SOUPS 65 

MUSHROOM SOUP. 

Contributed by Mrs. James Crosby Brown, Rosemont, Pa. 

One cup of mushrooms, 1 cup of chicken stock, 1 cup of milk, 1 
tablespoonful of corn starch, 1 teaspoonful of butter, yolk of 1 egg, }4 
teaspoonful of salt. Wash the mushrooms thoroughly in cold water. 
Do not peel, cut them into thin slices (up and down with the gills). 
Put the milk and stock in a double boiler and when not add the mush- 
rooms and salt. Cook slowly about five minutes or until tender, then 
stir in the corn starch, which has been moistened with a little cold 
water. Cook several minutes, then add the yolk of an egg lightly 
beaten. Serve with croutons and the butter broken into small pieces. 
If desired, the soup may be pressed through a fine sieve just before 
the yolk of egg is added. 

TURTLE SOUP. 

Contributed by Miss Charlotte Mitchell, New Orleans. 

First make a stew of the turtle cut into small pieces and put in 
the pot with 4 tablespoons of lard. Let simmer, uncover pot and add 
4 onions, 4 pods of garlic, parsley, thyme and pepper chopped fine. 
Let this fry for a few minutes, then add 1 can of tomatoes, soup 
meat and sufficient water for soup, and let all boil as with an ordinary 
soup. When ready to serve add ']/ 2 glass of sherry, thicken with a 
little flour, finally add slices of 1 lemon. This soup can be made 
browner in color by adding 4 tablespoons of well burnt sugar. 

BLACK BEAN SOUP. 

Grandmother Hannah Burrows. 

Contributed by Mrs. F. S. Burrows, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One qt. of beans boiled until tender ; add 1 qt. of tomatoes, boil 
two hours and strain. Add 1 tablespoonful corn starch, pepper, salt, 
1 tablespoonful of butter and a few cloves. Just before serving add 
brandy and sherry to taste and a few slices of lemon. 



66 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

GENERAL BURNSIDE'S CLAM SOUP. 

Contributed by Miss Annie Hammond, Providence, R. I. 

Two qts. clams, 2 onions, 3 qts. water. Boil 2 hours and then 
strain. Scald 1 qt. milk thickened with a spoonful of flour, sea- 
soned to taste. Chop the clams fine and remove the black out of the 
stomachs. 

CALF'S HEAD SOUP. 

Grandmother Larned's Receipt — an Old Rhode Island 

Receipt. 

Contributed by Mrs. Frank A. Brastow, Haverford, Pa. 

Boil the head and put in 8 quarts of water till the meat separates 
from the bones. Tie up in a bag a handful of summer savory, ' l / 2 
the quantity of sage, 2 tablespoons of allspice, 1 of cloves, 2 large 
onions and a little mace, and boil in soup. Strain out the bones and 
let it stand over night. Skim off all the fat, cut the meat in .small 
pieces, put in 2 teaspoons of black pepper. A little cayenne a little 
while before it is done. Rub T /\ lb. of butter with 3 tablespoons of 
flour quite smooth and let it boil 2 minutes. Add a pint of port wine 
and give it another boil. 

RICH BROWN SOUP. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles A. Farnum, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take 6 lbs. of the lean of fresh beef cut from the bone, stick it 
over with 4 doz. cloves, season with a teaspoon of salt, the same of 
pepper, the same of mace and a grated nutmeg. Slice y 2 doz. onions, 
fry them in butter, chop and spread them over the meat. After you 
have put it in the stew pot, pour in five quarts of water and stew very 
slowly five or six hours. When the meat is dissolved into shreds, 
strain and return the liquid to the pot. Add 6 wineglasses of claret 
or port wine. Simmer again slowly for about half an hour. When 
the soup is reduced to 3 quarts it is done. 



SOUPS 67 

CRAB SOUP. 

Mrs. Lewis Minor, Norfolk, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take 1 full grown fat chicken, cut it up in small pieces and put 
it bones and all into a gallon of cold water. Let it boil slowly until 
reduced to 2 quarts. Then strain it and return it to the pot adding 1 
tablespoon of salt, 1 teaspoon black pepper and a pod of red pepper. 
Take 2 doz. large fresh crabs, pick all the meat carefully and add to 
soup. Let it boil up and add y 2 lb. of sweet butter rubbed with a 
tablespoon of flour. When it comes to a boil again add 1 pint of 
sweet cream and 1 pint of milk. Let it boil once and serve. 

CHICKEN SOUP. 

Wash 1 large chicken, cut up in pieces carefully removing all skin 
and fat ; place over fire in 2 quarts of water adding 1 lb. of bacon, 1 
large onion chopped fine, some pepper and salt, a few blades of mace, 
a handful of parsley. 

CLAM SOUP. 

Mrs. John Markoe, Philadelphia (1820). 

Contributed by Mrs. William Ruckman Philler, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Boil down an old fowl or a knuckle of veal, or what is cheaper, 
a set of calf's feet, till you have a quart of jelly. There should be 
an onion, some mace, pepper and salt boiled with it. Strain off the 
liquor, let it cool and then take off the fat. Put 50 sand clams 
washed (the middle size are best) into a pot over the fire till they 
open. Strain the liquor which you will find in the pot, and add it to 
the meat jelly. Put in the clams also, and let all boil an hour and a 
quarter. Then add ]/ 2 pint good cream or milk, a piece of butter as 
big as a walnut, mixed with a little flour. Stir these well in the soup. 
Have ready in a tureen the yolks of 2 eggs beaten and some chopped 
parsley, pour the soup in, a little at first till the eggs are well mixed, 
and then the remainder. 



68 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

PEPPER POT. 

Mrs. Rachel Walker Cresson (1779) Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Miss Anne H. Cresson, Germantown, Pa. 

Four lbs. of the three different kinds of tripe. Soak in salt 
water an hour or two. Put on with 6 qts. of water, with salt and 
half of a little red pepper. Boil until thoroughly tender. It will take 
nearly all day. Leave in the water over night, out of the pot. Cut 
the tripe in small pieces ; flour it well and put it back in the liquor 
which has been reheated. Add 2 small potatoes cut in pieces; 1 doz. 
cloves, 1 doz. allspice, 1 heaping tablespoonful each of sweet mar- 
joram, summer savory and sweet basil. Boil 2 hours. About half an 
hour before serving add dumplings made by mixing flour, shorten- 
ing, salt and water; make not too stiff and of the size of marbles. 
Thicken the soup with butter and flour rubbed together. The soup 
should be about as thick as rich cream when done. 

MOCK TURTLE SOUP (ORIGINAL). 

Gen. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take the head and haslets of a calf (dead). Take out the 
brains, put them into 3 gallons of water, and boil down to 3 quarts. 
Put into the water, after boiling it down, a bunch of parsley, thyme 
and an onion chopped fine, 1 large teaspoon of allspice, 1 of cloves, 1 
of mace and 1 of nutmeg, black and red pepper, 1 teaspoon of salt. 
When the head and haslets are sufficiently boiled, take them out and 
mince the meat, and return it to the pot with 'y 2 pint of sherry and 
a teacup of walnut and tomato catsup. Make a thickening of brown 
flour with a tablespoon of vinegar and 1 of butter. Garnish tureen 
with fritters made of the brains and 6 eggs, chopped parsley and 
pepper. 



SOUPS 69 

OCHRA SOUP. 

An Old Virginia Receipt. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Get 2 double hands full of ochra, wash and slice it thin, add 2 
onions chopped fine, put it into a gallon of water at an early hour in 
the morning-. It must be kept steadily simmering, but not boiling ; 
put in pepper and salt. At 12 o'clock put in a handful of lima beans; 
at half-past 1 o'clock add 3 young squash, cut in small pieces a chicken 
or knuckle of veal, a bit of bacon or pork that has been boiled, 6 to- 
matoes, peeled. When nearly done, thicken with a spoonful of butter 
mixed with one of veal. Have rice boiled separately to serve with 
it. 

NEW ORLEANS COURT BOUILLON. 

Contributed by Miss Charlotte Mitchell, New Orleans. 

Fry 3 chopped onions in a tablespoon of butter — then add a 
cup of tomatoes, 3 or 4 whole cloves, pepper, salt and toast. Let 
them stew together for 30 minutes. Then add 1 tablespoon flour with 
about ]/2 pint of claret. Let it boil, stirring constantly all the time 
for 5 minutes, until the flour is thoroughly cooked. Strain sauce and 
return it to the fire in a saucepan. Lay in the fish in slices, let them 
simmer gently until cooked, which will require from 6 to 10 minutes, 
according to thickness. Have ready in a deep dish slices of toast 
enough to cover bottom of dish. When done lay slices of fish on 
toast, add the remaining 1 pint of claret to the sauce. Pour it over 
the fish and the Court Bouillon is ready to serve. A fish of 5 or 6 
pounds is the size used for this. 



7° FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

CALVES' HEAD SOUP. 

Mrs. Julia Breckinridge, Va. 

Put head in water to soak, then in salt water to boil (take brains 
out and tie in bag to boil). Strain liquor, cut all meat and brains 
in dice, 6 potatoes cut small, dumplings made of flour, water and lard, 
small, add red pepper, 3 bunches of pot-herbs, sweet marjoram table- 
spoon, 4 hard boiled eggs cut fine. Meat balls (meat chopped fine 
with salt, pepper and flour) fried in butter, sherry to taste. 

CHICKEN SOUP. 

Mrs. Francis Brooke, " St. Julian," King George Co., Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take a fat chicken, 5 pints of water, a slice of middling chopped 
fine. The soup must be put over a slow fire to simmer instead of 
boiling the whole morning until about a half hour before dinner, then 
let it boil. For thickening use a pint of cream, a tablespoon of butter 
and 1 of flour and a bunch of thyme. The thickening must be put 
in before it boils and the thyme taken out. 

Note. — This recipe came from one of the old and most typical 
Virginia homes, " St. Julian," in Virginia. It was the recipe of my 
great-great-great aunt, Mrs. Francis Brooke, and is more than a cen- 
tury old. — Sue Mason Maury Halsey. 

BEAN SOUP. 

Mrs. George Newbold Lawrence, New York. 

Put 1 pint of kidney beans into 2 quarts of water, boil them 3 
hours, then pour off the water, mash the beans through a colander 
with a wooden masher, then throw them back into the water in which 
they were boiled, add a piece of butter the size of an egg, a little salt 
and red pepper. Let it boil a quarter of an hour. Add a wineglass 
of white wine. 



SOUPS ;t 

PALESTINE SOUP. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles A. Farnum, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Peel and cut into fine pieces 2 onions, 2 turnips, 2 carrots and 
2 potatoes. Put into a stew pan or soup pot with y% lb. of butter 
and the same quantity of lean ham and a bunch of parsley chopped 
fine. Put this over a brisk fire ten minutes, then add a good table- 
spoon of flour, mixing it in well. Add 1 quart of meat stock made 
the day before), ^4 pint of boiling milk. Stir until boiling, season 
with pepper and salt and a good teaspoon sugar. Rub all through a 
sieve and put back in the pot, but only let it boil up once, skim well 
and serve with small piece of fried bread on napkin. 

PEPPER POT. 

From Ellen Gallagher, Philadelphia, Pa., who lived with Mrs. William 
, H. Horstman, her son, and grandson, and great-granddaughter 
— four generations of reference. 

Use a tripe and a knuckle of veal, let them boil all day separately, 
strain the tripe liquor into the veal liquor and strain off the fat. 
Season with salt, pepper, sweet marjoram, pot-herbs, and potatoes cur 
very fine, and drop in flour balls or dumplings, and let boil five min- 
utes. 

CRECY SOUP. 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud, Philadelphia, Pa., 1875. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

To a knuckle of veal and slice of beef, put 7 quarts of water. 
Boil all day to 3 quarts. Strain off next day. put in soup, bones and 
vegetables and boil 6 hours, then strain next day, skim off all the 
fat. Add 1 cup of split peas, boil until dissolved, then add 1 can of 
tomatoes, boil an hour. Add 3 tablespoonsful of flour and strain 
through a fine sieve. Flavor with Worcestershire Sauce. 



-J2. FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

BISQUE OF CLAMS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Thomas B. Sims, Bryn Maim, Pa. 

For iy 2 pints of soup, take i doz. large clams, stew them 15 
minutes in their own liquor, to which water is added to make three 
gills. Boil 3 gills of cream or rich milk. Stir 1 tablespoon of butter 
and 1 of flour in a small saucepan until it bubbles. Then pour boil- 
ing milk in, stirring all the time. Stand aside, squeeze each clam with 
a lemon squeezer and you will find but an empty skin remains. Strain 
clams and liquor to the white sauce already made, pressing as much 
juice out as possible. Stir well, bring all to a boil and remove from 
fire. While you beat the yolk of an egg with 2 tablespoons of the 
soup stir to rest and season to taste. Take care the soup is boiling 
when egg is added, but does not boil afterward. 

PHILADELPHIA FAMOUS OLD PEPPER POT. 

From a Daughter of the Old Higgenbottom Family. 

Knuckle of veal, 6 lbs. of best mixed tripe. Boil them well cov- 
ered with water in separate large pots, three hours at least. When 
cold skim all grease off, and put the two liquors in one large pot. 
Cut the tripe up in pieces the size of a large dice, also some of the 
veal. Take 6 large white potatoes and 4 onions. Make a dough 
rolled out as for shortening, and make little balls of it in the hand the 
size of a large pea. When the soup is boiling drop them in, a couple 
at a time. Thicken the soup a little with flour paste. Season to 
taste with salt, pepper and pot-herbs, half a box of sweet marjoram, 
half a box of thyme. The soup when all cooked, should be very, full 
of the above things. 



SOUPS 73 

CHESTNUT SOUP CLEAR. 

Used by Lord Raglan, Raglan Castle, England. 

Contributed by Mrs. Joseph Coleman Bright, Green Hill Farm, Over- 
brook, Pa. 

Scald and peel 2 doz. large chestnuts, put in a pan y 2 lb. butter 
and 3 tablespoons olive oil, let it get to boiling point (be careful not to 
burn). Put in your chestnuts and brown them to golden color. This 
should be carefully watched, it should only take 2 minutes to brown 
them. Lay them on a paper in the oven to dry. Now take a quart 
of good consomme well seasoned with celery essence and cayenne 
pepper. Put your nuts in the tureen, and pour the boiling soup over. 
Soup must be boiling to bring the flavor out of the chestnuts. 

OCHRA GUMBO — AN OLD CREOLE RECIPE. 

Mrs. Eugene Palmer, New Orleans. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert Lindsay Pollard, Austin, Tex. 

Fry slowly together 1 sliced onion and a tablespoon of dripping 
or a slice of salt pork. Add a pound of lean beef cut in small pieces 
and stew quickly. Dredge a heaping tablespoon of flour and cook 
until brown. Add 3 pints of boiling water, 1 pint of sliced and peeled 
tomatoes and 1 pint of sliced ochra. Cover and simmer for \]/ 2 
hours, adding pepper and salt to taste. Chicken may be used instead 
of beef, or crabs, or shrimp. In the latter case these should be pre- 
viously boiled and the meat picked out and added last. A little 
chopped ham is always an improvement. Serve with boiled rice. 
The gumbo should be very thick when served. 



74 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

CALF'S HEAD SOUP. 

Mrs. Thomas Prather, Louisville, Ky. (1810). 

Contributed by her great- grandniece, Mrs. Alice C. Slaughter, through 
Miss Alice W. Richardson, Louisville, Ky. 

Put the calf's head in \y 2 gal. of water, let it boil until the meat 
drops from the bones, then take it out and chop very fine. Take out 
the brains and mix with them one pint of claret, a wineglass of 
madeira and teaspoon of salt. With the chopped meat put an onion 
chopped, handful of parsley, a teaspoon of allspice, ^ teaspoon of 
cloves, one of black pepper, little sage and thyme and teacup of walnut 
catsup. Work a little browned flour into a piece of butter, and add 
just before you take off the soup. 

OYSTER GUMBO. 

Mrs. Lawton, New Orleans, La. 

One large heaping spoonful of lard. When boiling, stir in one 
small cup of flour and let it brown well, stirring all the time to keep 
from burning.. Then add a large onion, sliced. Let that brown. 
Have' one chicken cut up as for stew and fry in lard and onion mix- 
ture, then add as much water as you would for a tureen of soup. 
This must cook for five hours. One hour before serving put in ioo 
oysters with their liquor, and just before serving stir in 2 tablespoons 
of gumbo filee (a powder made from sassafras). , As this lumps eas- 
ily, stir a small quantity at a time in a cup of the liquid. The soup 
must boil up once after the filee is put in, and then add salt and pepper 
to taste. This quantity serves 10 people. 



SOUPS 75 

" MAMMY LACKEY'S " MOCK TURTLE SOUP. 

Mrs. Catherine Leaf Smith, Reading, Pa. (1800). 

Contributed by Miss Katherine Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One gallon cold water, 1 calf's head, 1 knuckle of veal, i l / 2 lbs. 
veal cutlet, 1 even teaspoonful of cloves and allspice mixed, ^2 tea- 
spoonful of mace, 1 large potato, 1 onion, dash of sweet marjoram, 
1 tablespoonful of chopped parsley, two hard boiled eggs, x / 2 pint 
wine, enough good plain pie crust dough to make 3 or 4 doz. balls the 
size of a marble, salt, pepper, flour, butter and lard. Cut potato into 
dice, cut onion into very small pieces, tie spice into cloth. Wash 
head in cold water to remove blood. Take out the brain, remove 
from it all the veins, and put it into cold water until used. Boil the 
head in one gallon of cold water, and if the kettle is large enough 
the knuckle of veal may be boiled at the same time. If not, it can be 
cooked when the head is taken out. As the water boils off, enough 
must be added to keep the same quantity, otherwise there will not be 
enough. When the head falls apart take it out of the kettle, and set 
aside to cool. If the knuckle of veal had been boiled with the head, 
the soup may now be strained through a fine sieve. Add potato, onion, 
spice, dough balls, pepper and salt to taste, and allow it to cook slowly. 
As soon as the head is cool enough skin the tongue and cheeks, remove 
all bone, skin, veins, etc. Cut tongue and meat into dice. The meat 
on the knuckle is not used. Chop veal cutlet in meat chopper, season 
with salt, pepper and a little sweet marjoram; roll into balls twice 
as large as the others, and fry brown in lard and butter. Keep these 
hot. Mash yolks of two hard-boiled eggs with very little flour, and 
make into balls. When the dough balls rise to the top of soup they 
have cooked enough. Take out spice. Add meat, brains cut into 
pieces, parsley, and a few cloves if the soup does not taste of the spices. 
Thicken with butter and flour to make a rich soup. Just before 
serving add force meat balls, egg balls and wine. Do not skim off 
the surface. 



76 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

CREAM OF MUSHROOMS. 
Contributed by Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson, Philadelphia, Pa. 

If hothouse mushrooms are used they require cooking for nearly 
or quite 2 hours. When cooked, put the mushrooms in a vegetable 
press and squeeze the juice into the water in which they have been 
boiled, add to this small pieces of butter, and a pint of cream, smoothly 
thickened with a little flour, or better still, rice flour. Two table- 
spoonfuls of sherry may be added if desired. Pour into cups and 
serve with whipped cream on top. 



FISH, 



FISH. 

RECIPE FOR TERRAPIN. 

Taken verbatim from "Aunt'' Mary Sharp (Old Maryland 

Cook). 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert C. Wright, Haverford, Pa. 

Put de tarrypins inter er tub er col' water, an' let 'em wash dey- 
selves. Den pore off dat water, an' put some mo' in, an' let 'em wash 
deyselves agin. Den drap 'em erlive inter biling water, an' let 'em 
bile till ther feets is easy skunned, tunning 'em over eve'y now an' 
agin. Wen de feets is loose an' easy, took from de shell, take 'em 
out and put 'em on er dish. Save er litl' er de water dey was biled 
in an' streen it. Wen de tarrypins gets cooled off, pick 'em, but be 
keerful not ter break de gall. Split de entruls an' cut 'em up 'bout er 
inch long. Wen de meat is all cut up, th'ow in er litl' raid pepper, 
black pepper, salt an' mace. Put 'em in er stewpan wif jes 'bout miff 
er de water dey was biled in ter kiver' em, an' den stew 'em slow fer 
er littl' more'n er quarter hour. Den put in some browned flour 
mixed up wif butter stirred in, near 'bout er quarter pound butter, an 
free (3) tablespoonfuls flour ter er mejum size tarrypin. Put de 
wine in jes as de tarrypins is took outen de stewpan fer de table. 

TERRAPIN BROWN STEW. 

Mr. Joe McAllister, Savannah, Ga. 

Contributed by Mrs. Gulielma Harrison, Brandon, Va. 

Have the terrapins boiled with onion, cloves and mace and celery 
seed. Add bread and black pepper and salt. When nearly done put 
them into a chafing dish into which you have mashed 2 large spoonfuls 
browned flour, 2 of butter, and a teaspoon of powdered allspice. 
Boil until quite thick, add a glass of wine. Eat with lemon juice. 

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80 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

PLANKED FISH. 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud, Philadelphia, Pa. 

(A method of planking shad used by the Piscataway tribe in Mary- 
land. ) 

Contributed by Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith, Bryn Mazvr, Pa. 

A pile of cord wood is made about 3 ft. high, 4 ft. wide, and 8 
to 20 ft. long, according to the number of shad to be planked. When 
this has been reduced to a bed of coals, the shad, which have been 
previously cleaned and split down the back, are fastened with nails 
to oak planks about 2 ft. wide, 4 ft. long, and 3 in. thick. These 
planks like wine of ancient vintage, are all the better for long keeping. 
After the impalement the planks are set up edgewise before the fire, 
and while cooking the shad are continually basted with a mixture of 
butter, baking grease and Worcestershire sauce, with the addition of 
salt and pepper. Meantime, the roes are being prepared on another 
and smaller fire. When all is ready they are served with clam chow- 
der and fresh spring vegetables. Many years ago old Jack Anderson, 
a relic of the days of slavery, used to say : " Well, I tell you, when 
dey's done, marse, you jes' cook an' baste, an' baste an' cook twel dey 
smells so good you cain't wait no longah, den dey's done." 

FISH PIE. 
Mrs. J, A. Hewlett, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Contributed by Mrs. James Crosby Brown, Rosemont, Pa. 

About 1 qt, cold boiled fish, 1 pt. of milk, 1 large tablespoonful 
of butter, 1 onion, 1 teaspoonful of corn starch or flour, a little green 
celery or parsley. Add salt and pepper. Drop the onion into the 
cold milk and when it comes to a boil take out the onion, add 
corn starch mixed first with a little cold milk, butter and seasoning. 
Put a layer of sauce into the dish first, then fish, and repeat until all 
is used. Cover the top with bread crumbs and bake half an hour or 
more, according to oven. 



FISH 81 

MRS. HABERSHAM'S BROWN TERRAPIN STEW. 

Mrs. Frank B. Screven, Savannah, Ga. 

Eight terrapin, diamond back, or 6 yellow terrapin, i teaspoon 
sugar, carameled, i tablespoon vinegar, with pepper, salt to taste. 1 
tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, 6 or 8 tablespoons of parched flour, i 
tumbler best sherry, i qt. jelly terrapin was cooked in, i saltspoon 
powdered allspice, i pinch cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon. Put butter in 
a deep pan on stove and melt it, add slowly the flour in which the all- 
spice has been thoroughly sifted, spoonful by spoonful, stirring hard 
all the time. Heat the jelly in another pot and add little by little to 
the mixture until it boils and becomes smooth like starch. Then add 
sugar, and vinegar to sauce. Then the terrapin meat and eggs, taste 
and add more salt and pepper if needed. Lastly pour in wine and serve 
with lemon. Boil terrapin for this stew with bunch of herbs and 2 
onions. (For 16 people.) 

TERRAPIN (MARYLAND STYLE). 

The recipe of John Erwin, a negro cook from Maryland, who 
served suppers and dinners in Philadelphia before the Civil War — r 
1859, 1862, 1863. 1864. 

Contributed by Mrs. Leila Andrews Smith, Philadelphia. 

Wash 4 terrapins in warm water, then throw them into a pot of 
boiling water, let them boil till the shells crack, then take them out. 
remove the bottom shell. Cut each quarter separately, take the gall 
from the liver very carefully, pick out the eggs and put the pieces of 
terrapin in a stewpan, use the water they were boiled in and if not 
enough to cover them add some more water, a little salt, cayenne 
and black pepper, a little mace and butter the size of a large egg. 
Then let it stew slowly for Y4. of an hour. Make a thickening of 
flour and water, stir in a few minutes before you take it off the fire 
and add 3 or more glasses of wine, add the eggs as you serve it. 
More wine and spices can be added if desired. 



82 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

STUFFED CRABS. 
Mrs. Morris R. Stroud, Philadelphia, Pa. (1877). 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey. 

Cook the crabs 20 minutes. When cold, cut them in two parts, 
clean the shells well and keep. Take out and hash the meat. Make 
Bechamel sauce with cream, not too thick; add 1 onion hashed fine, 
and fry in butter. Spice strongly with cayenne pepper, mustard, 
spices and nutmeg. Cook crabs in this sauce 10 minutes, add crumbs, 
and thicken with yolks of eggs. Bechamel Sauce. — Mix cold and 
well together in a saucepan 2 oz. of butter, 1 tablespoon ful flour, add 

1 pt. of milk, set on fire, stir constantly. When turning rather thick, 
take off. Beat a yolk of egg with teaspoon of water. Turn it into 
the sauce. Salt and pepper to taste. 

SHRIMP PILLAU. ' 

Mrs. Huger, Savannah, Ga. 

Take 1 qt. of rice, boil grainy, while hot add a heaping table- 
spoonful of butter, 1 pt. of milk, mace, pepper and salt to taste. Have 

2 plates of pickled shrimp, put alternate layers of rice and shrimp, let- 
ting the first and last layers be of rice. Beat up the yolk of an egg, 
put it over the rice and bake. 

LOBSTER AND CRAB FARCEE. 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud, Philadelphia, Pa. (1877). 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take off the shell carefully of a boiled lobster or crabs. Chop 
a piece of onion fine with a little butter. When it is partly fried add 
a teaspoonful of flour. Chop your lobster fine, put in the pan and 
stir it until partly fried. Add j4 pt. of milk or cream, and stir again. 
Stir frequently to keep from burning. Add pepper and salt. Lay 
the pieces of shell in a pan, fill with the mixture, and bake in an oven. 



FISH 83 

SALMON PUDDING. 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

One can of preserved salmon, 3 eggs, 4 tablespoons of butter 
melted, y 2 cup fine bread crumbs, pepper, salt and minced parsley. 
Mince the fish and drain off all the liquor for sauce. Rub in the butter 
and work in the crumbs and add the seasoning, and last of all add the 
beaten eggs. Put in a buttered pudding- mould and set in a dripping 
pan full of hot water, keep the water at a fast boil, filling up as it 
evaporates. Cook for one hour. Set the mould in cold water a 
moment when you take it from the oven. Serve on a platter with 
the following sauce. One cupful of milk heated to a boil, and thicken 
with a tablespoon of corn starch. Add 1 egg beaten light, and stir in 
the liquor from the fish and 1 large spoon of butter. Season and let 
it cook for 3 minutes in hot water, then add the juice of a lemon and 
some capers. Pour over the mould of pudding and serve. Cut the 
pudding in slices. 

TO FRY FISH. 

W. R. Cook, Steward, " Fishhawk," Washington, D. C. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

Beat up an egg in a little water until it is thoroughly mixed, then 
dip fish in batter. Then roll in batter and fry in very hot fat. 

CRAB RAVIGOTE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Joseph Neff, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Boil crabs, put aside to cool, then pick. Mix meat with thick 
Remoulade sauce and fill shell. Cover meat with mayonnaise, and 
decorate with anchovy fillets and sliced pickles. Serve with sprig of 
parsley and sliced lemon. Remoulade Sauce. — Mix together in a 
bowl 2 tablespoonfuls of chopped anchovies that have been preserved 
in capers and oil. Add 1 tablespoonful of chopped parsley, i tea- 
spoonful of mustard. Salt and pepper to taste. Mix all with a pinch 
of scraped garlic, salad oil and a few drops of malt vinegar. 



84 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

TO COOK TERRAPIN. 

Mrs. Goodfellow. 

Mrs. Goodfellow was quite celebrated in Philadelphia about ioo 
years ago. She was at the head of a famous cooking school class 
where young ladies of the representative families learned the art of 
cooking, it being considered then the last touch to their education pre- 
paratory to entering society. Boning a turkey gave one a diploma at 
this celebrated school. * 

Contributed by Mrs. Francis Taylor Chambers, Philadelphia, Pa. 

To i large sized terrapin take *4 °f a pound of butter, y 2 a gill 
of cream, the same of wine, cayenne pepper, salt and flour to your 
taste; a little water must be mixed with it to prevent your butter 
going to oil. Just before you take them up stir in the cream. The 
boiling of the terrapin depending on the size. 

BOSTON FISH-BALLS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles P. Searle, Boston, Mass. 

One pint bowl salt fish picked up very fine, 2 pint bowls of pota- 
toes, pared whole and raw. Put the fish and potatoes together into 
cold water, and boil until the potatoes are wholly cooked, remove from 
the fire and drain off all the water, then mash with a potato masher, 
add a piece of butter the size of an egg, two well-beaten eggs and a 
little pepper. Mix well with a wooden spoon, and then sprinkle some 
flour upon your moulding board, and also some on the hands, and take 
small piece of the fish mixture and roll in the hands to about the size 
of a small egg. Then fry in hot fat as you would doughnuts. 

TOSSED-UP CODFISH. 

Pick fish to pieces. Half a pint of thin drawn butter, half pint of 
sweet milk, three hard boiled eggs chopped fine, one tablespoonful of 
butter, pinch of red pepper. Heat until nearly boiling, then throw in 
the fish and boil up once. Serve on buttered toast. 



FISH 85 

FISH IN MOULD (NORWEGIAN RECIPE). 

Contributed by Mrs. J. F. Minis, Savannah, Ga. 

Boil 1 large firm-meated fish (rock fish) not quite done. Skin 
and take out bones, putting the bones, skin and head back, to boil 
down strong. Have 1 cup of milk, 3 cups of cream. To 1 large soup 
plate of fish meat put 2 tablespoonfuls of potato flour, pound x / 2 hour, 
adding a little nutmeg and a tiny bit of mace. As you pound add a 
tablespoonful at a time of the milk, cream and fish essence. Put in a 
mould. Put greased paper over the top, bake in cool oven in a pan 
of water. Turn out of mould, dress with rounds of truffles, make 
pink shrimp or lobster sauce to serve. 

SABOT A LA CREME AU GRATIN. 

Mrs. Bradley T. Johnson. 

Contributed by Mrs. John Poe, Baltimore. 

Boil a fresh cod or rock weighing 4 to 5 pounds. Pick out all 
bones, season lightly with white pepper and salt. Put aside till the 
sauce is ready. Sauce. — One quart milk, mix smoothly with *4 lb- 
flour, put in 5 small onions, a sprig of thyme, a bunch of parsley, tied 
together, add a little grated nutmeg, a teaspoon of salt, ]/^ teaspoonful 
white pepper. Place on a quick fire, stir all the time until it forms a 
paste, then take off and stir in ]/ 2 lb. butter, yolks of 2 eggs. Mix 
well together and pass through a sieve. Pour some of the sauce in a 
baking dish, and a layer of fish alternately, sprinkle top with bread 
crumbs and grated cheese. Bake in oven y 2 hour. 

LOBSTER CUTLETS. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, New York. 

One lobster cut in dice, butter size of an egg, tablespoon flour, 2 
yolks of eggs, Yz. pint milk, pepper, salt and Y\ nutmeg. Put butter in 
pan, add flour, when thick add milk, then seasoning, and last lobster. 
When cold dip in egg and bread crumbs and fry. 



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FISH 87 

TERRAPINS. 

Mrs. John Markoe. Philadelphia. Pa. (1790). 

Contributed by Mrs. U'm. D. ll'insor, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Boil the terrapins until the shells are easil; - the time 

depends on the size of the terrapins. To 2 quarts of picked terrapin. 
put r 2 lb. butter : work it up well with a tablespoonful of flour, ac .. 
pounded mashed smooth yolks of four hard-boiled eggs, pepper and 
salt. Put 1 pint of cream on the lire, heal I Stir in gradu- 

ally the butter, flour and egg. cook live minutes, then add terrapin only 
long enough to heat well, all slowly done. Then add 1 pint of wine, if 
you like them thick, add more flour and butter mixed. 

TURBOT A LA CREME. 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take a haddock about 4 lbs., boil it until the bone will c 
and the skin come off quite easily. Boil 1 qt. of milk and - 
it 4 tablespoonsful of flour, a little salt. 1 egg. a piece of butter the 
size of an egg. Put into a bag 1 onion cut tine. 
pepper. 1 of nutmeg, a few sprigs of parsley. 1 tab!;- Fl yme. 

and boil in the milk to extract the flavor before adding the fl 
butter, etc. Butter a dish, put a layer of rish. then one 1 1 the 
ture. and so on until the dish is filled. S me top t 

crumbs and a little grated cheese and some butter. Bake until br 

TERRAPIN WHITE STEW. 

Coni 

Have 3 terrapins boiled : when done take a portion of the liquor. 
rub into a smooth paste the yolks of 6 hard boik eggs " - 
spoonsful of fresh butter. To this add the terrapin and Ik 
chafing dish, add 2 wineglasses of wine. r _> grated nutmeg 
spoon salt. 1 lemon rind cut thin, a little cayenne peppe~ 
of cream. Cook 10 minutes, stirring constantlv. 



88 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

KEDGEREE. 
Contributed by Miss K. Willcox, Westport, Conn. 

Equal quantities of boiled fish and boiled rice, for a half pound 
of each use two hard boiled eggs, a grain of cayenne pepper and a 
grain of curry powder, ]/ 2 tablespoonful of cream, 2 oz. of butter and 
little common pepper and salt. Remove the bone and skin from the 
fish, and put it in a saucepan with butter. Add the rice and whites of 
two hard boiled eggs, cutting the whites into small pieces. Then add 
the cream, the curry powder and the cayenne. Toss this over the fire 
until it becomes very hot, then take it off and pile it very high on a 
very hot dish. Smooth with a knife, and rub the yolk through a sieve 
on the top and serve. 

FISH CHOWDER. 

Mrs. Neil Robinson, Newport, R. I. 

For 6 persons use a fish weighing 4 lbs., 1 qt. sliced potatoes, 
34 lb. salt pork, 2 good-sized onions, y 2 doz. crackers, 2 qts. of water, 
1 pt. milk, 1 tablespoonful of flour, salt and pepper to taste. Cook 
fish first. Put potatoes on in qt. of water and boil 10 minutes. Cut 
pork into bits and cook until brown, then onions sliced very fine. Fry 
slowly, spread pork and onions on fish and cover until ready. Stir 
the flour into fat remaining in pan and cook until brown, then add the 
milk and boil up once. Now add a quart of boiling water and cook 
for 3 minutes. Then turn milk from the pan, split the crackers and 
let boil up once. 

TO FRY FISH IN FLOUR BATTER. 

W. R. Cook, Steward, " Fishhawk," Washington, D. C. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

Mix the flour up in a little water, and put an egg in and beat it 
all up together, not very thick. Then season with pepper and salt. 
Put the fish in the batter, and have a hot pan of lard. Then it is all 
prepared for frying. 



FISH 89 

DEVILED CLAMS. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, New York. 

One hundred clams chopped fine, 1 cup bread crumbs soaked in 
milk, l /\ lb. butter, teaspoon sweet marjoram, red and black pepper 
and 1 onion chopped fine. Let this cook until thickens, then cool and 
fill shells. Dip in egg and bread crumbs and fry in deep boiling lard. 

TO DRESS FISH WITH BROWN SAUCE. 

Contributed by Geo. IV. Anderson, Savannah, Ga. 

Take a well cleaned fish, and lay it in a pan on slow fire. Flour 
it well, add pepper and salt, mace and cloves with parsley, and sweet 
marjoram chopped fine. This to taste and according to size of fish. 
Half a pound of butter, with 8 Bermuda onions, nicely fried (not 
scorched), 2 wineglasses of port or white wine, and wineglass of cat- 
sup, or y 2 glass of Worcester sauce. 

FISH A LA CREME. 

Contributed by Mrs. Allen Maury, Ashland, Virginia. 

Take 4 lbs. halibut, whitefish, rock or shad and boil in salt and 
water. When done take off the skin, remove bones and shred fine. 
To 1 qt. of cream mix well 3 tablespoons flour, 34 lb- butter. l / 2 onion, 
1 bunch parsley and a little cayenne pepper. Put into a deep dish, a 
layer first of fish and then of sauce until dish is filled. Put on top 
bread crumbs and bake one-half hour. 

SOFT SHELL CRABS, SAUTED. 

Contributed by Miss Charlotte Mitchell, New Orleans, La. 

After cleaning crabs, add salt and pepper, and dredge all over 
with flour and cracker crumbs. Lay them in a hot frying pan with 
butter sufficient to cover the pan. Be careful not to let butter burn, 
and cook until brown. Add to butter in pan 1 tablespoon of lemon 
juice, and pour over crabs when ready to serve. 



9 o FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

SHAD ROE CROQUETTES. 

Miss Schenck, Washington (1880). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Two shad roes, ]/ 2 pt. cream, yolks of 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons flour, 
Y\ nutmeg, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon 
chopped parsley, pepper and salt to taste. Whites of 4 eggs and sifted 
bread crumbs for frying. Put the roes in a pan of salted boiling 
water, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Take off the skins and 
mash them. Bring the cream to a boil, mix the butter and flour to- 
gether over the fire, but do not brown. Add the cream, and stir until 
it is a thick custard. Then add all the other ingredients and spread 
to cool on a dish. Roll in forms. With well floured hands dip in 
white of eggs and bread crumbs, and leave for two hours before 
frying. 

CREAMED LOBSTER. 

Mrs. General William B. Franklin, Hartford, Conn. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert L. Pollard, Austin, Tex. 

Mince lobster or crab fine. Boil 1 qt. milk and stir in slowly 2 
large tablespoons flour, mixed smooth with a little cold milk. Season 
with black and red pepper, chopped parsley and a bit of onion. Fill 
dish with alternate layers of lobster and cream. Sprinkle bread 
crumbs on top and brown in oven. 



OYSTERS. 



OYSTERS. 

OYSTER GUMBO. 

Mrs. Lewis Minor, Norfolk, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take one fat chicken (an old one is best), cut it up in small pieces. 
Put into a pot a large spoonful of lard and i heaping spoonful of flour. 
Make this very brown. Then add the chicken and fry that brown. 
Then put on it 3 pts. of cold water and a little minced ham, and let boil 
slowly for 3 hours. About 1 hour before dinner add as much oyster 
liquor as will make it the quantity you want, some red and black 
pepper, and let it boil closely until about 15 minutes before dinner. 
Then add 150 oysters, let them merely curl up and become firm. 
Take from the fire and add just enough fillet to make it not quite as 
thick as mush. Return it to the fire and let it boil not more than 5 
minutes. .Serve immediately, as it becomes thin from standing. 

OYSTER PATTIES. 

Contributed by Mrs. Thomas B. Sims, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Take 1^2 doz. blue points, scald them in their own liquor — be 
careful that they do not remain in a moment after it boils. Take them 
out and cut each oyster in fine pieces if they are large. Put a dessert- 
spoon of butter in a saucepan, with same of flour. Pour on this 1 gill 
of the liquor strained, 1 gill of cream, 1 saltspoon of salt, l / 2 saltspoon 
white pepper. Boil all, stirring until smooth. Beat yolks of 2 eggs. 
Add this with cut up oysters to sauce. Let all get hot together, 
stirring all the time. It must be very thick — it will be just before 
boiling point. Take from fire quickly, stirring all the time to prevent 
eggs curdling. Add a few drops of lemon juice and a suspicion of 
nutmeg. Place in pattie pan shapes. 

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94 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

OYSTER COCKTAILS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington; D. C. 

A small oyster is used for this purpose, ]/ 2 doz. being the number 
for each person. For 6 plates mix 3 teaspoons each of vinegar, grated 
horse-radish and tomato catsup. Six teaspoons of lemon juice and 1 
of tobasco sauce. Have oysters very cold and place in small glasses 
and pour the sauce over and serve. The glasses should also be chilled 
and placed on plate with spoon and an oyster fork. Thin slices of 
brown bread buttered should be served with them. Some persons 
prefer cocktails as a finale. They can also be served on individuals 
— blocks of ice — with center melted out with hot poker. 

OYSTERS AND MACARONI. 

A quarter of a pound of macaroni boiled and cut into short pieces, 
and 25 big oysters. Put a layer of the macaroni in a baking dish, 
place a layer of oysters next, a layer of macaroni and so on until all 
are used. Have the macaroni cover the top of the dish. Sprinkle it 
with 3 level tablespoonsful of Parmesan cheese, or with broken bits of 
soft rich American cheese. Cover the whole with buttered bread 
crumbs, and bake until the top is nicely browned. It will take about 
twenty minutes. 

TO PICKLE OYSTERS. 

Mrs. Richard William (1800). 

Contributed by Mr. and Mrs. John Cadiualader, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Open large oysters and wash them, put them in a saucepan to boil 
in clear water with a very little salt. When they are sufficiently 
boiled, take out the oysters and put them in cold water to whiten 
them, then add to the liquor they were boiled in a little more water and 
salt, some blades of mace, whole pepper, and orange peel. Then boil 
them a little. Lay your oysters with their spices in a gallipot. When 
the liquor is cold, pour over them, and tie them down close with 
white paper. 



OYSTERS 95 

PICKLED OYSTERS. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

Procure any number you may desire of the finest large oysters. 
Wash them well and lay on a sieve to drain. Strain the liquor through 
a fine bag, and put in a porcelain kettle; add salt, let it boil and skim, 
then put in your oysters ; let them only plump up, when skim out im- 
mediately, placing separately on dishes until quite cold. Take enough 
of the liquor to cover them, add to it a blade of mace, a dozen or more 
of whole pepper corns, and cloves, and a pt. of clear cider vinegar 
to 2 pts. of liquor. Put the cold oysters in a deep vessel, and pour the 
liquor over boiling. Let stand twenty-four hours. 

OYSTER SOUP. 

Mrs. Lewis Minor, Norfolk, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halscy, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take I qt. of oysters, strain half the liquor. Put on oysters 
and liquor in pot. Add i large tablespoon of butter, some finely 
chopped celery, about y 2 spoon of celery seed, i teaspoon of salt and a 
pod of red pepper. Let the oyster's just begin to curl, take from fire, 
add i pt. of cream, i pt. of milk (all cream is better), let come to boil 
and then add i tablespoon of butter creamed with i of flour. Let 
come to a boil and take from fire or oysters will toughen, and serve 
placing i inch squares of bread in tureen before pouring in soup. 

TO PAN OYSTERS. 

An Old Servant of Mrs. Morris Hacker's. Philadelphia, Pa. 

Wash the oysters in a colander with cold water, quickly. Do 
not let them stay in the water. Put piece of butter the size of a walnut 
in pan or chafing dish. When hot put in the oysters, salt and pepper, 
and then dredge about three times with flour. Stir often, then put 
in tablespoonful of cream, or more if necessary. 



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OYSTER JAMBALAYA. 

Contributed by Miss Lucretia Lennig, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Three dozen oysters, 2 slices bacon or ham, iy 2 tablespoons to- 
matoes, %. teaspoon cayenne pepper, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon 
butter, 3 cups boiled rice. Heat butter in skillet, put in tomatoes, salt 
and bacon or ham. Cook a few minutes, then add oysters. Cook 
them ten minutes longer and stir in rice. Cover closely and set aside 
in a very warm place for about a half hour before serving. 

CELERIED OYSTERS. 

Miss Flora Hartley, The Grammercy, New York, 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, Nezu York. 

One doz. large oysters, wineglass sherry, tablespoon minced 
celery, teaspoonful butter, salt, pepper. Put butter in chafing dish, 
when melted add oysters, celery, salt and pepper. Cook three min- 
utes. Add sherry and serve on toast or not as you please. 

PICKLED OYSTERS. 

Mrs. Joshua Harvey, Baltimore. 

One hundred large oysters. Put on fire and let come to a boil, 
strain, put in liquor, teacup cider vinegar, salt, tablespoon whole 
allspice and cloves, several pieces of mace, couple of red peppers; let 
come to a boil and pour over oysters. Let cool. 

SCALLOPED OYSTERS. 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings, Cambridge, Mass. 

Cracker crumbs, pepper, salt, a little nutmeg. Use all the liquor 
and a little water besides and a tablespoonful of wine to a small dish. 
Put in dish in layers, thus : a layer of oysters, crumbs, salt, pepper and 
pieces of butter, crumbs on top and so on until the dish is full, liquor 
and wine all in, etc. 



OYSTERS 97 

OYSTER CROQUETTES. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, New York. 

Fifty oysters, let simmer in their liquor five minutes, and then 
drain and set aside until cool. Dry with towel, chop fine, season with 
salt and pepper, small piece of onion chopped, Y\ nutmeg, parsley, four 
hard boiled eggs chopped fine, mix all together. Melt in saucepan 5 
oz. butter and stir into it flour to thicken, then add half teacup liquor, 
Y\ cup milk. Then add oysters and seasoning. Let cool. Dip in 
bread crumbs and eggs and fry. 

OYSTER BELLEVUE-STRATFORD. 

Baptists, Head Waiter The Bellevue-Stratford, Phila., Pa. 

Place in chafing dish some butter, one shallot, or young onion 
chopped ; when these come to a browning point, put in sufficient fresh 
mushrooms, cut in long strips, and cook for eight minutes. Take 
about two dozen strained, good-sized, plump oysters, and place them 
in dish, putting in enough Bechamel sauce or thick cream to cover 
oysters, and let contents boil about three or four minutes. When on 
point of serving add desertspoonful of good Madeira. 

OYSTERS A LA BELLEVUE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles Heath Bannard, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Wash and drain twenty-five large, firm oysters. Put into the 
chafing dish a quarter of a pound of butter, one-half teacupful of 
chopped celery, which has previously been stewed until tender. A 
teaspoonful of cracker dust, a few drops of onion juice, and a dash of 
paprika. Boil for a few minutes, then add a teacupful of rich cream 
and the oysters. Cook until the edges begin to curl, add salt to taste 
and a wineglassful of sherry. Do not allow the mixture to boil after 
adding wine. 



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OYSTERS BELLEVUE. 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

Put in a chafing dish about 5 oz. of table butter, add pepper and 
salt, a little English mustard. Stir well. Then add some celery 
chopped very fine. Let the whole boil with about a pint of cream, add 
about a teaspoon of cracker dust to thicken the broth. Stir the whole 
well, then when it comes to boiling drop in a dozen fresh opened 
oysters one by one. Cook for about a minute, then add some good 
sherry or Madeira. Serve very hot. 

PICKLED OYSTERS. 

Contributed by Mrs. George W. Anderson, Savannah, Ga. 

Take the oysters out of their liquor and wash them. Pour it on 
again after straining. Boil until the gills shrivel and adding 2 spoons- 
ful of salt. Take them out and add to the liquor a little mace and 
whole black pepper, and boil until the scum ceases to rise, skimming 
it all the time. When the oysters and liquor are cold, add ^2 pint of 
vinegar and pour the liquor on the oysters. The above is for 2 qts. of 
oysters. 



ENTREES. 



ENTREES. 

CUSTARD SOUFFLE. 

Miss Flora Hartley, The Grammercy, New York. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, New York. 

Two tablespoonsful butter, 3 tablespoonsful flour, 2 tablespoons- 
ful sugar, 6 eggs, i l / 2 cups milk. Put milk on to boil, rub butter 
and flour together, put in milk and stir until thick. Then let cool, 
beat the yolks with sugar light, then the whites light and add. Put 
in dish and bake twenty minutes. 

POTTED CHICKEN. 

Used by Mrs. William Logan Fisher, of Wakefield, German- 
town, 1850. 

Contributed by Miss Hannah Fox, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Boil a pair of chickens until you can pull the meat from the bones. 
Take out the meat and let the bones boil to a jelly. The next day 
cut the meat in pieces, throw it into the jelly, when melted, and add to 
it catsup, salt, allspice, cloves and mace ; cut up 6 or 8 hard boiled 
eggs and a lemon sliced. Then put into round dishes or moulds and 
let it cool for luncheon or supper. 

BEEFSTEAK WITH BANANAS. 

Contributed by Mrs. James W. Noyes, Montclair, N. J. 

Select a porterhouse steak about two inches thick and trim well 
of bone and fat. Broil quickly and place on hot platter. Have 
ready the following mixture : 1 tablespoon of melted butter, y 2 tea- 
spoon of salt, 'y 2 teaspoon of white pepper and spread on both sides of 
the steak. Take three plantains (red bananas), fry in butter and lay 
on top of the steak. Over this pour bechamel sauce and serve at once. 

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102 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

SWEET BREADS WITH TOMATOES. 

Mrs. Annie S. Hammond. 

Contributed by Miss Annie Swift Hammond, Providence, R. I. 

Take 4 large sweet breads and place them in scalding water for 
five minutes. Then transfer into cold water. Skin, but do not break 
sweet breads ; put into a stew pan with water, season with salt and 
pepper, and put on a slow fire. Mix 1 large spoonful flour with a 
good-sized piece butter and stir it well into the gravy. After leaving 
it half an hour, take sweet breads up from the gravy, pour it into 1 pt. 
stewed tomatoes, let it boil a few minutes, then pour over the sweet 
breads and serve hot. 

JELLIED CHICKEN OR VEAL. 
Mrs. Julia Breckenridge, Va. 

Put chicken in little water as possible, boil until meat drops from 
bones. Chop fine, season with pepper and salt, mace and onions. 
Put into layers minced meat and hard boiled eggs sliced warm, add 
quarter oz. gelatine, and pour over meat in mould and put in cool 
place. 

BECHAMEL SAUCE. 

One-half cup of stock, J / 2 cup of cream, yolk of 1 egg, 2 dashes 
of pepper, y teaspoon of salt ; add salt, pepper and the yolk of egg, 
well beaten, after the sauce has been removed from the fire. 

CHICKEN CROQUETTES. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

Half pound chicken chopped very fine and seasoned with y tea- 
spoonful salt, y 2 teaspoonful celery salt, J4 saltspoonful of cayenne, 
%. saltspoon black pepper, 1 teaspoon chopped parsley, 1 teaspoon 
onion juice (if you like it), 1 teaspoon lemon juice. One small 
chicken makes y 2 lb., and this quantity makes 2 doz. croquettes. 



ENTREES 103 

FRIED SWEET PEPPERS. 

Mrs. Alice Cabell Palmer, Nelson County, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. Mary Palmer Bispham, Overbrook, Pa. 

Take only the large sweet kind, cut downwards in strips so the 
seeds will be attached to stems and thrown away. Melt a lump of 
butter in pan. When hot put in strips of pepper and fry until brown. 
Serve hot. 

QUENELLES WITH SPINACH. 

English Receipt Used by an Old Housekeeper of Mrs. Joseph Coleman 
Bright When Formerly in the Employ of Lord Raglan, of Raglan 
Castle, England. 

Make a force meat of 2 lbs. of veal, season with mace, salt and 
pepper, add 34 pt. cream, mix well and poach in clear soup. Drop a 
soup spoonful at a time in the boiling soup, take out and keep hot. 
Have ready some well chopped and seasoned spinach, pile in the 
center of the dish, and place the quenelles round. This makes a very 
nice and dainty entree. 

CHICKEN TIMBALES. 

Lord Raglan, Raglan Castle, England. 

From Mrs. Joseph Coleman Bright, Overbrook, Pa. 

Take the white meat of an old chicken, pound and pass through a 
sieve, add l / 2 pt. of cream and the whites of 2 eggs beaten stiff. 
Season with pepper and salt. Whip all together ten minutes. Line 
1 doz. timbale moulds with macaroni which has been boiled in 
milk seasoned with salt, fill the mould with the chicken and steam for 
30 minutes. Carefully turn out on a hot dish, and serve with truffle 
sauce. 



CROQUETTES. 



CROQUETTES. 

CHICKEN CROQUETTES. 

Mrs. James B. Meeks, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Miss Josephine Barry Meeks, Orange, N. J. 

Boil a medium-sized chicken in as little water as possible until it 
is tender, remove and reduce the broth (by boiling) down to a teacup- 
ful, which will be a jelly when cold. Chop the meat as fine as possible, 
removing the skin. Chop half a small onion fine and fry it with 2 oz. 
of butter, add a tablespoon of flour, stir half a minute, add the meat 
and broth, half teaspoon of finely chopped parsley, half a sweetbread, 
or as much calves' brains (previously boiled tender), salt, pepper, little 
sweet marjoram. Stir 2 minutes, take from the fire, add the yolks of 
2 raw eggs, mix well until it is a gelatinous mass. Spread on a dish, 
and when entirely cold mould it into forms. Dip into egg and bread 
crumbs and fry in boiling lard. Care should be taken to prevent them 
from falling to pieces when frying. 

CHICKEN CROQUETTES. 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud, Philadelphia, Pa., 1875. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Half a good-sized chicken. Chop fine. Chop fine l / 2 onion, fry 
with 1 oz. butter, add y 2 tablespoon flour, stir for half a minute, 
then add the chopped meat, a little over a gill of broth, salt, pepper, 
pinch of nutmeg. Stir for about 2 minutes, take from fire, mix 2 
yolks of eggs with it, put back, stir for one minute, add chopped mush- 
rooms, or truffles, or both together. Make bread crumbs of pastry 
crust, roll croquettes in shape, dip each one in beaten egg, roll in 
crumbs again, and fry. 

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RICE CROQUETTES. 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings, Cambridge, Mass. 

One cup rice, i pt. milk, i pt. water. Boil about an hour till the 
rice is dry. Take off, put in a bowl, add i egg, 2 tablespoons sugar, 
juice and rind of a lemon, small piece of butter. Shape and roll in 
cracker crumbs. Fry in lard very hot, enough to cover them. 



FOWL. 



FOWL. 

SPRING CHICKENS SMOTHERED IN MUSHROOMS. 

This old and tried New Orleans recipe is from a written book 
compiled from Mrs. R. O. Pritchard's collected and original recipes, 
by Mrs. Theodore Shute, New Orleans, 1894. 

Contributed by Mr. Herbert L. Clark, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Cut the chicken as for frying — in a skillet put 2 or 3 slices of 
pickled pork and 1 tablespoon of lard, put chickens in skin side up, put 
a pan or cover on top, and weight it to keep it down. Set skillet on 
a slow fire. When cooked on the under side put the skin side down. 
When this has browned add a cup of boiling water, still keeping 
closely covered, basting constantly. After chickens are browned re- 
move weight and keep turning the chickens. It takes 2 hours of slow 
cooking to smother them soft and nice. When done rub a full tea- 
spoon of flour in 2 tablespoonsful of butter. Add another cup of 
boiling water and a can of sliced mushrooms, or the fresh ones. Let 
this cook awhile. When about to send to table add a cup of cream. 
Season with black pepper and salt. If not rich enough add more 
butter. 

CHICKEN ALA SANFORD WHITE. 

From the Chef of the Arlington Hotel, Washington, D. C. 

Contributed by Mrs. James M. Anders, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Procure one 2]A pound nice Philadelphia chicken, tender. Draw, 
singe well. Put pinch of salt and pepper inside and place in a 
casserole and spread a little butter over the breast and put it in the 
oven for fifteen minutes. Then remove and add little challots and a 
good handful of soft bread crumbs and a pint of good cream and some 
Hungarian paprica. Then place again in the oven for 15 more 
minutes and afterward same will be ready to serve. 

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CHICKEN PATES. 

Mrs. S. B. Dana, West Roxbury, Mass. (1890). 

Take the white meat of one large tender chicken from the soup 
pot in which it is boiled as soon as it is tender. By using the chicken 
of which soup has been made it is flavored with the vegetables, and 
more juicy than cold chicken. Cut the chicken in small dice, and 
leave in a cool place else it will soon dry. Into y? pt. of milk mix 
smoothly 1 oz. sifted flour, a shake of red pepper, a pinch of salt, the 
same of nutmeg, and a piece of mace one inch square, a small piece of 
onion, a little bunch of parsley, and a piece of butter the size of an egg. 
Let it boil for fifteen minutes, then add the beaten yolk of an egg. If 
it gets too thick, thin with cream. Strain through a fine sieve. Hav- 
ing made the sauce, chop up one truffle which mix with the chicken, 
then put the chicken and sauce in a saucepan together, and make very 
hot. Pour it into puff paste shells, with a thin slice of truffle on the 
top of each. 

TERRAPIN CHICKEN. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

Stew 1 chicken, cut it into small pieces, add a little ground all- 
spice, cloves and mace, salt and pepper. Work a tablespoonful of 
good butter into the yolks of two hard boiled eggs. Add all the 
above ingredients to the chicken, and let them cook for ten minutes. 
When ready to serve in a tureen add a wineglass of sherry. 

CHICKEN FRICASSEE, CREOLE. 
Mrs. Celestin Villeneuve, New Orleans. 

Contributed by Miss Charlotte Mitchell, New Orleans. 

Fry chicken lightly in the usual way. Dredge flour into the 
gravy and brown. Add 1 pt. boiling water, 1 qt. tomatoes peeled and 
sliced, 1 small onion minced, a bunch of parsley. Stew slowly ij4 
hours. Serve with rice. If preferred, rice may be added and cooked 
with the stew. The latter must be very moist. 



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CHICKEN PIE. 

Mrs. H. C. Cunningham. 

Three spring chickens, or 1 roasting size chicken. Boil the 
chicken until tender, and remove bones. Throw the bones back into 
the water in which the chickens were boiled adding onion, salt and 
pepper. Boil down, strain and put on ice. This will become chicken 
jelly. Cut all the meat up fine. Melt a tablespoon of butter with 2 
heaping ones of flour, add to this the jelly, the meat and ^4 can of 
mushroom with some of the liquor, 3 hard boiled eggs, chopped fine. 
a little salt and 1 tablespoonful of Worcester sauce, the grated peel of 
a lemon and 1 wineglass of sherry. Line the sides of a pie dish with 
good crusts, and bake in an oven until brown. Pour in the chicken, 
put a light crust on top, bake in an oven and serve as soon as it be- 
comes a light brown. 

TO ROAST YOUNG CHICKENS. 
Mrs. Roy Mason, Fredericksburg, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halscy, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Pluck carefully your chickens, put them in your pan. Have your 
oven hot, dredge and baste them with lard. They will take Y\ hour 
to roast in a hot oven. Pour over them butter and parsley, and serve 
very hot. 

A YELLOW FRICASSEE. 

Mrs. Celestin Villeneuve, New Orleans. 

Contributed by Miss Charlotte Mitchell, New Orleans. 

Cut up chicken put in saucepan with a slice of lean bacon, ]/ 2 
onion, 3 cloves, a grate of nutmeg, and a large spoon of butter. Add 
l / 2 teacup of water, cover and steam for 1 y 2 to 2 hours. Remove 
chicken. Beat the yolks of 2 eggs, a teaspoon of lemon juice and 1 of 
vinegar, 1 gill of cream or rich milk. Beat this thoroughly and pour 
over the chicken. The gravy should be as thick as custard. 



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FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 



GRANDMOTHER'S PRESSED CHICKEN. 

Grandmother Batcheller's, New England, 1800. 

Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Cut chicken into pieces for stewing. Place in kettle and put 
on enough cold water to cover. Skim as the scum rises. Let boil 
until the chicken is tender enough to drop from the bones. Skim out. 
If the water has not boiled away to the amount of 1 teacup, boil it so. 
Free chicken from bone and gristle, pick fine. Season with salt and 
pepper and butter the size of an egg. If the chicken is very fat, skim 
off most of the oil. Stir in the liquor and mix well. Have ready two 
tin tubes 3 in. in diameter and 8 in. long, together with 2 hard wood 
polished sticks right size to slip easily through tubes. Pack the 
chicken in tubes, stand on a plate, place the sticks in top, and place on 
them a light weight. When very cold take out and slice about % 
in. thick. Serve with devilled eggs. 

TO MAKE A WHITE FRICASSEE OF CHICKEN. 

Contributed by Mr. and Mrs. John Cadzvalader, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Cut a couple of chickens into pieces, skin and clean them perfectly, 
and lay in cold water to draw out the blood. Afterwards dry them in 
a clean cloth. Put in a stewpan with a sufficient quantity of milk and 
water mixed in equal proportions, put in the pieces of chicken, and 
stew them over a gentle fire until they are thoroughly tender. Set on 
another stewpan over the fire, pour into it half a pint of cream, quarter 
pound of butter, mix carefully together, and when that is perfectly 
done take the pieces of chicken out of the other stewpan, with a 
silver fork or silver tongs, and put them into this butter and cream. 
Add a little salt and mace, beat to a powder, and a couple of spoon- 
fuls of pickled mushrooms, or some of the pickle without them. The 
greatest care to be taken is that the cream and butter mix well to- 
gether, for if otherwise, it will be greasy. The right method is to 
keep stirring all the while the butter is melting. 



FOWL 115 

A REAL INDIAN PILAU. 

Brought from India by an English Officer to Mrs. F. B. 

Loring. 

Contributed Through Mrs. Lily Latrobc Loring, Washington, D. C. 

Take 1 seer ( 12 ounces) of good rice, 1 seer of butter, 2 fowls, 
y 2 lb. of sultana raisins, about three tablespoons of almonds, 1 oz. of a 
mixture of allspice, powdered mace, cardamoms, cloves, 1 totah ( l /\ of 
a lb. of saffron), 2 oz. of ginger, 1 oz. of salt, ^2 oz. of whole black 
pepper, 1 whole onion, 1 lb. of Mriey (curds). Boil the rice until it is 
half done, fry the onion brown in the butter, take out, put in the raisins, 
and fry or boil them. Then cut a fowl to pieces and rub with the 
ginger and curds, and allow to remain for two hours. Put some 
butter in the bottom of a casserole, over this a layer of rice, and over 
this some of the onion, raisins and almonds, sprinkle with saffron and 
water, then put in a layer of meat, and so on alternately until the 
vessel is filled, then pour the butter over it, cover the casserole and 
close it with paste so that no steam will escape. Put it in the oven and 
cook three hours. 

AN OLD VIRGINIA RECEIPT FOR ROASTING TURKEY. 

Shirley, Va. 

Make stuffing. Take crumbs of a loaf of bread, Y\ cup beef suet 
shredded fine. A little sausage meat or veal scraped and pounded 
very fine. Nutmeg, pepper and salt to your taste. Mix lightly with 
3 eggs. Stuff the craw with it. Lay in your pan, your fire being very 
hot. Dust and baste several times with cold lard ; this is better than 
lard hot from the pan, and makes turkey rise better. Serve with sauce 
made as follows : Cut the crumbs of a loaf of bread in fine pieces, put 
in cold water with a few peppercorns, a little salt and onion. Boil 
until bread is quite soft. Beat well, add }4 lb. butter, 2 spoons thick 
cream, and serve with turkey very hot. One hour and a quarter will 
be sufficient to roast turkey with a hot fire. 



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SMOTHERED CHICKEN. 

Mrs. Morris Hacker, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Quarter-pound of butter and small cup of stock in the bottom of 
the pan. Split the chickens down the back, season with pepper and 
salt, and dredge well with flour all over. Cover the pan closely, and 
baste every ten or fifteen minutes. When you put the chickens in the 
pan put the giblets under them, and allow fifteen minutes to a pound. 
When done take out the chickens, mash the giblets, and add half pint 
of rich cream which makes the gravy. The chickens should be put 
in the pan breast down. 

CHICKEN TERRAPIN. 

Grandmother Hannah Wadsworth. 

Contributed by Mrs. F. S. Burrows, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Chop i cold chicken and one parboiled sweetbread quite fine. 
Make a sauce of one cup of cream (hot), j4 cup of butter, and 2 
tablespoons of flour. Add chicken and sweetbread to this, and salt 
and pepper to taste. Let it heat over hot water or in double boiler 
fifteen minutes. Just before serving add the yolks of two eggs, well 
beaten, and a glass of sherry wine. 

CHICKEN SAUTE BELLEVUE. 

Andrew Hisler, Chef of The Bellevue-Stratford. 

Have one spring chicken cut in 8 parts for saute, and place in 
saucepan with fresh butter. Brown on both sides; add two chopped 
shallots, and cook until they are yellow. Add a glass of good Madeira, 
let reduce until nearly dry. Put in two glasses chicken stock and 
cook for fifteen minutes. Mix in five oz. terrapin butter, one glass 
of cream, and cook for ten more minutes. Season with salt, paprika, 
6 leaves of estragon, chopped fine. Serve on chafing dish; garnish 
with 1 doz. heads of fresh mushrooms — which have been previously 
prepared in butter — and in centre place about 1 doz. truffles, sliced. 



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CHICKEN SOUFFLE. 

Miss Schenck, Washington (1880). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Make a white sauce with 2 cups of milk, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 
tablespoon flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 saltspoon pepper. When made, 
add one-half teacup bread crumbs. Cook for two minutes, then add 2 
cups minced white meat of chicken, the yolk of 3 eggs, well beaten, the 
whites of 3 eggs well beaten or until stiff, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley 
and last of all add one large claret glass good sherry. Mix well and 
bake for 35 minutes in a buttered dish. Serve hot, and do not let it 
stand, else the souffle will fall. 

CHICKEN TERRAPIN. 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

Boil a tender chicken (weighing about 4 lbs.). When cold re- 
move the skin and cut the meat both light and dark into small pieces 
as for chicken salad. Put the meat in a porcelain-lined stewpan with 
a pt. of cream. Mix together until creamy }4 lb. butter and 4 table- 
spoons flour. Add this to the chicken and cream. Put over a mod- 
erate fire, and stir carefully until the mixture is quite thick. Season 
highly with red pepper and salt. Just before serving add sherry 
wine to taste and 2 hard boiled eggs chopped fine. Serve very hot. 
The wine must be added at the last moment before serving. 

VIRGINIA FRIED CHICKEN. 
Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Cut up as for fricassee, dredge with flour, sprinkle with salt, put 
into a good quantity of boiling lard and fry a light brown. Fry small 
pieces of mush and a quantity of parsley nicely picked, to be put into 
the dish with chickens. Take a half-pint of rich milk or cream, add 
with small piece of butter, pepper, salt, and parsley. Stew a little and 
pour over chicken. Garnish with parsley. 



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TIMBALES OF CHICKEN. 

Contributed by Miss Lucretia Lennig, Philadelphia, Pa. 

White meat of i large chicken, ^4 CU P of stock made from bones 
and dark meat of chicken, i coffeespoon cayenne pepper, y 2 teaspoon 
salt, 2)A tablespoons butter, y 2 teaspoon mixed parsley, i white of an 
egg beaten stiff, i tablespoon flour, i cup cream, y 2 teaspoon onion 
juice, i pint mushrooms. Mince white meat of chicken, add salt, 
pepper, onion, parsley, flour, egg, mushrooms, y cup stock and I cup 
cream. Pour into a buttered mould or moulds and let steam about 
one hour. Serve with the following sauce : Sauce — One cup cream, 
i% CU P stock made from boiled bones of chicken and dark meat, half 
cup mushrooms, 2 tablespoons flour, 2 tablespoons butter, 1 cup milk. 
Into the stock put the milk, flour and butter creamed and mushrooms. 
Let this cook about 15 minutes and then add cream. 

COQUILLES DE VOLAILLE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Clara Pollard Lee, Montgomery, Ala. 

Boil 1 chicken as for salad. Pull the meat from the bone, cutting 
in pieces size of a dice. Take y 2 a cup of the top of the water in 
which the chicken was cooked, chop small onion fine and boil. Take 
2 teaspoonfuls of flour, mix in a little cold water, and then add to the 
chicken water and onion, stirring constantly until it is quite thick. 
Take from the fire and add 1 cup of butter, a can of mushrooms sliced 
thin, a few truffles and 1 cup of cream. Season highly with cayenne 
pepper and salt. When cold add a large cup of sherry wine. Put 
chicken in this sauce and let stand several hours. Place in shells, 
sprinkle with bread crumbs or cracker and brown in the oven just 
before serving. 



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BONED TURKEY. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Take 2 turkeys, roll in white paper well greased with lard, and 
put in oven to roast, the lard making them soft and juicy. Make a 
jelly of pigs' feet, seasoned with onion, pepper and salt. Have an 
oblong pan, plain sides and bottom. Put in first some of the jelly, 
then slices of carrots and beets, already a little boiled, slices of hard 
boiled egg, a little parsley, cranberries, olives seeded, slices of lemon 
and orange. Then put in turkey in layers, nicely sliced from the 
bones, then a little nicely seasoned sausage meat, then long thin slices 
of pork, then pour in more of the melted jelly, and set aside to cool. 
Dip in hot water when you turn it out to serve. 



GAME. 



GAME. 

PIGEONS. 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings, Cambridge, Mass. 

Contributed by Mrs. Morris Longstrcth, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Boil two hours in just enough water to cover them. Spice with 
cloves, etc., while cooking. Take the water they were boiled in and 
add a glass of jelly and a cup of wine and a little of the dressing to this 
gravy. 

" A FRICKASIE " (COLONIAL RECIPE). 

Mrs. John Burroughs. Philadelphia, Pa., 1734. 

Take ye fowls, cut them in pieces and clean them. Season with 
pepper and salt, a little mace, nuttmeg cloves, some parslay, a little bit 
of onion. Let them lay 2 hours, then flowr them very well, fry in 
sweet butter and make ye butter hott before you put them in. Fry a 
fine brown. Wash ye pan and put them in again with a pint of gravy. 
Lett them swimyer in ye gravy. Take the yolks of 3 eggs with a 
little grated nuttmeg and a little juce of lemon and 2 spoonfulls of 
wine. Shake it over the fire till it is as thick as cream, pour over ye 
frickasie and so serve it to ye table hott. . 

FRICASSEED RABBIT. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Wasiuugton, D. C. 

Skin and cut in pieces, lay in cold water a few minutes, drain and 
put in saucepan with pepper and ]i lb. pickled pork cut in strips. 
Cover with water and simmer J / 2 hour. Then add a small chopped 
onion, a tablespoon of chopped parsley, a blade of mace and cloves. 
Mix to a smooth paste 1 tablespoonful flour, stir it in, and simmer till 
the meat is tender, then stir in ]/ 2 cup rich cream; if not thick enough 
add a little more flour. Boil up once and serve. 

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124 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

AN OLD VIRGINIA RECIPE FOR BRUNSWICK STEW. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Two or three squirrels, i qt. of tomatoes peeled and sliced, I pt. 
butter beans, 6 potatoes parboiled and sliced, 6 ears green corn cut 
from cob, 'y 2 lb. butter, i teaspoon ground black pepper, y 2 teaspoon 
cayenne, i gal. water, i tablespoon salt, 2 teaspoons sugar, i onion cut 
up. Put on water with salt in it and boil up 5 minutes. Put in the 
onions, beans, corn and potatoes. Pepper chicken or squirrels, which 
must be cut into pieces, and laid in cold water to draw out the blood. 
Cover closely and stew 2^2 hours very slowly, stirring frequently from 
the bottom. Then add tomatoes and sugar and stew an hour longer. 
Ten minutes before you take it from the fire add the butter cut in bits 
the size of a walnut and rolled in flour. Give a final boil, and serve 
for dinner. 

TO ROAST PARTRIDGE OR ANY SMALL BIRDS. 

Mrs. Roy Mason, Fredericksburg, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia. 

Lard them with slices of bacon, dredge and baste them. Lay 
them in pan, let them roast ten minutes. Take the grated crumbs of 
half a loaf of bread — put in a stew pan and shake lightly — until 
brown. Lay it between your birds and pour over them melted butter. 
Serve very hot. 

TO ROAST PIGEONS. 
Mrs. Roy Mason, Fredericksburg, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia. 

When you have dressed your pigeons, roll a good lump of butter 
in chopped parsley with pepper and salt — put it in your pigeons. 
Place in pan, dust, and baste them. If a good fire, they will be done 
in twenty minutes. When ready, lay on hot dish and place around 
them bunches of asparagus with parsley and butter sauce to serve. 



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TO DRESS DUCKS. 

An Old Virginia Receipt. 

Contributed by Mrs. Gulielma Harrison, Brandon, Va. 

The ducks being singed, picked carefully and drawn, mince the 
livers with a little chopped bacon, some butter, a tablespoon chopped 
onion, parsley, salt, pepper and mushrooms. These being all mixed 
together, put into the bodies of the ducks and roast them, covered with 
slices of bacon, and wrapped in paper. Then put a little gravy, the 
juice of an orange, a few shallots minced all into a stewpan. Shake 
in a little pepper. When the ducks are roasted take off the bacon, 
baste them and pour your sauce with the juice of orange over them, 
dish and serve very hot. 

TO DRESS DUCKS WITH ONIONS. 

Contributed by Mrs. J antes T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Stuff ducks, with livers, bacon and onions minced. Add one 
kitchen spoon of butter ; salt and pepper and chopped mushrooms. 
Put into bodies of ducks and roast. Cut off the roots of small onions, 
blanch them in scalding water, pick, and put into a stewpan with a 
little gravy. Set over a gentle fire and let simmer. When done 
thicken with cream and flour. Place ducks on hot dish, pour the 
ragout of onions over and serve very hot. 

TO ROAST WILD DUCKS. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

When the ducks are dressed, put in them a small onion, pepper, 
salt and a spoonful of wine. If fire is good they will roast in twenty 
minutes. Make gravy of necks and gizzards, a spoonful of wine, half 
an anchovy, a blade or two of mace, one onion and a little cayenne 
pepper. Boil until reduced to a half pint. Strain and pour over 
ducks. Serve with an onion sauce. Garnish dish with pieces of 
bread, cut in small pieces and browned. 



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POTTED PIGEONS. 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

Stuff them with high seasoned stuffing, then dredge them with 
flour and fry them in butter until they are very brown, with half a nut- 
meg, little mace, half teaspoon of allspice and cloves (ground) to 6 
pigeons. Then put them in the kettle and stew about three hours. To 
increase the gravy put some hot water, flour and salt into the butter 
and spices in which the pigeons have been fried. If still not enough 
gravy, add some flour and water, say a large teacup to six pigeons. 
Add a half tumbler of wine just before they are done. 

WILD TURKEY ALA HANNA. 

Chef of Arlington Hotel, Washington, D. C. 

Contributed by Mrs. James M. Anders, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take a very nice wild turkey about three and a half pounds. 
Singe, draw and cut head off. Then split but do not separate. 
Season with a good pinch of salt and a half pinch of pepper. Cover 
all over with a soup spoon of sweet butter and put it to broil for 
twelve minutes on each side. Prepare timbale moulds with spaghetti 
filled 'with puree of chestnuts and decorate the dish. Have ready 
cream sauce with chopped up truffles and send it to the table. 

TO STEW WILD DUCKS. 

Mrs. Lewis W. Minor, Norfolk, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Having prepared fowls, rub the insides with salt and pepper and a 
little powdered cloves. Put a shallot or two with a lump of butter in 
the body of each duck. Lay in a pan that will just hold them, -putting' 
a large spoon of butter under and over them, with a little vinegar 
and water. Add pepper, salt, lemon peel and a brush of sweet herbs. 
Cover pan closely, and let them stew until done. Pass liquor through a 
sieve, pour over the ducks, and serve hot with a garnish of lemon 
sliced and pieces of bread fried. 



MEATS. 



MEATS. 

ROAST PIG. 

Beatrice Lloyd, Goderich, Lake Huron. 

Contributed by Mrs. William A. Glasgow, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take a young pig, after thoroughly cleaning inside, rinse it out 
with salt, soda and water, then again with cold water, wiping pig dry 
inside and out. Prepare following dressing: i cupful of crumbs, 
y 2 onion chopped, 2 tablespoonsful powdered sage, 3 tablespoonsful 
melted butter, 1 saltspoonful salt, 1 saltspoonful pepper, ^2 nutmeg 
grated, and yolks of 2 eggs well beaten. Moisten with J / 2 cup of soup 
stock. Stuff pig into its original size and shape, sew up, place in 
kneeling posture, dredge with flour, pour a little hot salted water in 
dripping pan, baste with butter and water 3 times as the pig warms ; 
afterward with gravy from the pan. When it begins to smoke all over 
rub every 20 minutes with rag dipped in melted butter. This will keep 
skin from cracking. Roast in moderate oven 2 hours, place pig on 
dish with parsley and celery tops, a wreath around neck, and sprig or 
apple in mouth. Thicken gravy with brown flour. 

CHILICON CARNE. 

A Recipe Given by the Mexican Ambassador 
to Mrs. Francis B. Loring. 

Contributed Through Mrs. Lily Latrobe Loring, Washington, D. C. 

Cover two pounds of tender beef with water and push the kettle 
back on the stove where it will barely simmer until the meat is in 
shreds. Then add six large sweet red peppers seeded and cut into 
long narrow strips, a large onion minced, a tiny pod of garlic, and a 
large cupful of ripe tomatoes chopped. Cover and simmer until the 
vegetables are thoroughly done. Salt to taste. 

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130 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

VEAL BIRDS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Have veal cut from the leg in very thin slices. • Pound thor- 
oughly and trim in pieces 2 inches wide by 4 inches long. Chop the 
trimmings fine and add half as much cracker crumbs. Season highly 
with salt, pepper, celery salt, cayenne, a few drops each of lemon and 
onion juice, moisten with stock and sufficient egg to hold the mixture 
together. Add melted butter or chopped fat salt pork to whole. 
Spread the meat with the mixture, roll and fasten with skewers 
(wooden toothpicks the best for this purpose). Season with salt and 
pepper, roll in flour and fry to a golden brown in butter. Finish 
cooking by placing the birds in a stew pan, adding cream to nearly 
cover (j/ 2 pt. of cream which you buy thinned with milk is enough), 
allowing them to remain for thirty minutes. Remove the skewers, and 
arrange on pieces of toast or zephyrettes. Strain the cream remain- 
ing in the pan and pour around, or serve with a thin white sauce. 

SAUSAGE SURPRISES. 

Bessie Fraser, Goderich, Lake Huron. 

Contributed by Mrs. William A. Glasgow, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Halve J / 2 lb. of sausages and remove their skin. Coat each piece 
with mashed potatoes. Roll in egg and bread crumbs and fry in boil- 
ing lard. 

VEAL LOAF. 

Mrs. J. A. Hewlett, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Contributed by Mrs. James Crosby Brown, Rosemont, Pa. 

Take 1^2 pounds of veal and boil until tender. Soak % b° x °f 
gelatine in the liquor. Boil 6 eggs very hard and mash fine. Chop 
the veal fine and season with salt, pepper and lemon. Put alternate 
layers of veal and egg into a mold, press down and pour gelatine over 
all. Put on ice to harden. 



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131 



JELLIED TONGUE. 

Mary B. Garrow, Goderich, Lake Huron. 

Contributed by Mrs. WUliam A. Glasgozv, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. 

One large boiled tongue, cold. Two oz. of gelatine in ]/ 2 pt. of 
water, i teacup of brown gravy, i pt. of liquor in which tongue was 
boiled, i tablespoonful of burnt sugar, 3 tablespoons of vinegar, 1 pt. 
boiling water. Put together gravy, liquor, sugar and vinegar. Add 
the dissolved gelatine and mix well, then the boiling water, and strain. 
Cut the tongue in slices, as for the table. Let the jelly cook and begin 
to thicken. Wet a mould, put a little jelly in the bottom, then a layer 
of the tongue, more jelly, and so on until the mould is full. Cover and 
set on ice. Garnish with flowers. 

LIVER DUMPLINGS. 
Sophie Fisher, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia. 

Take a calf's liver and chop it very fine, mix it with V2 lb. of 
beef suet also chopped very fine, '^2 lb. flour, 2 minced onions, a hand- 
ful of bread crumbs, 1 tablespoon of chopped parsley and sweet mar- 
joram mixed, a few blades of mace, a few cloves powdered, a little 
pepper and salt. Mix all well together, wet the mixture with eggs 
well beaten. Make it up into dumplings with your hands well floured. 
Have ready a large pot of boiling water, drop the dumplings into it 
with a ladle, and let them boil an hour. Have ready bread crumbs, 
browned in butter, to pour over it before they are sent to the table. 

A FAMOUS BRISTOL METHOD OF CURING HAMS. 

Six lbs. fine salt, 3 lbs. of brown sugar (or 3 pts. molasses), 1 lb. 
saltpetre powdered; mix all together for 20 hams. Rub each ham 
well with the mixture, and lay them in tubs for 5 or 6 days. Then 
put them in brine strong enough to bear up an egg. Keep them in 
4 weeks, and then smoke thoroughly. 



132 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

LIVER WURST. 

Mrs. Roy Mason, " Cleveland," King George Co., Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. lames T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take 6 hogs' haslets, and take from them all imperfect parts. 
Put them on in pot of water, and boil them until tender. Put them 
on a tray, liverlights and heart, chop them very fine. Put on in another 
pot about 6 lbs. of fat pork. Boil it tender, take off the skin, chop it 
fine, and mix it with the liver. Then put both in the water in which 
the pork was boiled, throwing away that in which the haslets were 
boiled, as it would spoil the whole. Chop 12 onions, put them in the 
pot and put it on the fire. Season with sage (rubbed fine), salt and 
pepper. Then stir in the meal until thick enough to fry. A delicious 
old and tried receipt. 

SARONY BEEF. 

Mrs. Stephen Brock, St. Louis, Mo. 

Contributed by Mrs. A. B. Carrick, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take a shin of beef from the hind quarter. Have it cut in four 
pieces. Put it in a pot well covered with water, and boil it until the 
meat and gristle fall from bones. Chop the meat very fine, put it in a 
dish or jar, and season well with salt, pepper, cloves and sage to your 
taste. Pour in the liquor in which the meat was cooked, and place 
away to harden. Cut in slices when cold. 

WESTPHALIA HAMS. 

The following compound will give to any common ham the taste 
so much appreciated in that sold in Westphalia, and is recommended 
to those who prefer that flavor. To 100 parts of water, dissolve 4 
pts. of salt, 2 of brown sugar, 1 of Barbadoes tar, 1 of spirits of wine. 
After it has been well mixed and has stood for several days, take 3 
tablespoons mixed with the salt and saltpetre necessary to cure an 
ordinary ham, and rub well in. 



MEATS 133 

TO DRESS CALF'S HEAD AS TERRAPIN. 

Contributed by Mrs. Richard Gilpin, Philadelphia. 

Take a head prepared and cleaned. Soak the head in water, 
changing several times, till thoroughly clean. Take out brains and 
tongue, then cover with water and boil 30 minutes. Then cut up meat 
in small pieces, save a bowl full of the liquor the head was boiled in, 
put away till x /z hour before using. Have ready the yolks of 6 eggs 
boiled hard, 2 tablespoons of browned flour, and beat together with 
3/2 lb. of butter. Put the meat in the pot with the liquor and when hot 
stir in the flour. Stir together and give it a boil. Last of all, add a 
teacup of cream, and when ready to serve dash in a glass of wine. 
Serve very hot. 

FRESH TONGUE. 

Miss Schenck, Washington (1880). 

Contributed by Miss Elizabeth Sinclair Lyon, Bryn McraT, Pa. 

Select a fine fresh tongue, boil and skin it, and serve hot with the 
following sauce : Sauce — Two ounces butter, 1 tumbler currant 
jelly, l /x lb. citron, ;!4 lb. raisins, l /\ lb. blanched almonds, *4 lb- dried 
currants, and 1 large glass port wine. As you remove this from the 
fire add a dash of vinegar. Place the tongue on a deep meat dish, and 
pour the sauce over it. 

CHRISTMAS HAM. 

Contributed by Mrs. George W. Anderson, Savannah, Ga. 

Soak in cold water over night, then put to boil in cold water, and 
let it boil slowly until tender. Then take off the skin, which must 
come off easily, prepare a dressing of 1 beaten egg, 2 spoonsful brown 
sugar and rolled bread crumbs or cracker dust, all beaten together and 
spread over the ham. After the ham is put in the pan to bake, pour 
1 pt. of sherry over it and baste it until the wine is absorbed and the 
top well browned in the oven. 



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PICCADELLO. 
Mrs. Bradley F. Johnson, Baltimore, Md. 

Contributed by Mrs. John Poe, Baltimore, Md. 

'-'-' Take any cold scraps of meat you may have, and chop very fine. 
Mix with them 3 slices of ham, or one third of bacon to the quantity 
of fresh meat. Put in a cool place and make the sauce. Sauce — 
Put 1 qt. tomatoes in a stew pan and boil until done. Remove the 
cover, and pass through a potato masher. Serve with salt and pepper, 
and mash a teaspoon mustard, 1 tablespoon butter. Put meat in sauce- 
pan, and pour sauce over it. Stir up whites and yolks of 4 eggs, and 
stir until eggs are scrambled. When done, serve on toast on a hot 
dish . 

LIVER TERRAPIN. 

A Philadelphia Recipe. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles Duggin, New York. 

Parboil the liver. Keep the liquor for gravy. After cutting the 
liver in small pieces, return to the saucepan with the liquor. Season 
with salt and black pepper, butter the size of an egg, a teaspoonful 
of dry mustard to be mixed with 2 tablespoonsful of browned flour. 
Boil 3 eggs hard, cut in fine pieces and add just before serving. 
Sherry wine to taste. 

BROILED BREADED BEEF. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Cut rare roast beef in pieces ^4 i ncn thick, season with salt, pepper 
and onion juice if desired. Brush over with white of egg and roll 
in soft bread crumbs. Place on greased broiler and broil over a clear 
fire five minutes. Serve with horse-radish sauce. Mix 2 tablespoons 
of grated horse-radish with 1 tablespoon of vinegar, 1 salt spoon each 
of salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly, stir in 4 tablespoons of cream 
beaten stiff. 



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TO CURE HAMS OR BEEF. 

Miss Shippen, September ist, 1814. 

Contributed by Mr. and Airs. John Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Pa. 

To 8 gallons of water add 12 lbs. of coarse salt, 3 pts. of molasses, 
4 oz. of saltpetre, and 1 shovel of ashes. Boil it until no scum arises, 
let it stand until cold. Pack your meat in a tight cask gently, for fear 
of the cement arising. You must put a weight to press it, so that the 
pickle covers it at least 3 inches. The quantity of pickle is to be made 
in proportion to the quantity of meat you cure. If your hams or beef 
be large, they must remain in 6 weeks; if small, 4. You may cure 
tongue in the same manner. 

CORNED BEEF HASH. 

New England, 1750. 

Contributed by Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take 1 cup of meat chopped fine with a meat chopper in a 
wooden bowl, 2 cups of potatoes, cold boiled, also chopped fine. Melt 
a good tablespoonful of butter in a frying pan and put in the meat and 
potatoes after carefully mixing with a fork. Sprinkle with red pep- 
per. Pour over this a cup of milk into which a teaspoon of flour has 
been beaten. Cover and set over the fire until brown. Invert on 
platter and serve immediately. 

LIVER AND KIDNEY STEW. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

One lb. of calves' liver, 1 beef kidney. Fry the liver brown, set 
the kidney to simmer in 2 qts. of water until done, then set aside. The 
next day slice the kidney and liver, and put together in the water the 
kidney was boiled in. Add a few spices, thicken with browned flour, 
rubbed in 2 tablespoonsful of butter. Slice half a lemon, 2 hard 
boiled eggs, ' x / 2 glass of wine. 



136 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

SANTA CRUZ PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs. E. W. Clark, Senior, Germantown, Pa. 

One pound chopped raw veal, equal quantity in butter and bread 
crumbs. Boil i qt. milk, put in large lump of butter, pour over crumbs 
and set aside to cool. To meat add pepper and salt, thyme and all- 
spice and a little nutmeg. When bread and milk are very cold beat 
in meat, add 5 well-beaten eggs. Pour in buttered pudding mould 
and boil 3 hours. Serve with a rich tomato sauce. 

PATE DE VEAU. 

Contributed by Miss M. M. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Three and one-half lbs. of finest part of leg of veal, fat and lean. 
Chop fine. Take 6 or 8 small crackers rolled fine, 2 eggs, piece of 
butter size of an egg, 2 teaspoons of pepper and nutmeg, 1 slice of fat 
salt pork chopped fine. Work all together in form of a loaf. Put 
bits of butter on top and grated bread crumbs. Put in pan with water 
and bake 2 hours. 

SAUSAGES. 

Contributed by Mrs. Gulielma Harrison, Brandon, Va. 

Four lbs. lean meat, 4 lbs. fat, 3^2 oz. fine salt, 2]/ 2 oz. black 
pepper, 1^ oz. sage. 

CREOLE RECIPE FOR GRILLADES. 
Miss Gottschalk, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Slice iy 2 lbs. veal, choosing it very lean. Fry in butter in 
frying pan until tender. Add 3 good sized onions sliced in round 
pieces, also chop parsley, season with pepper and salt. Do not spare 
the pepper. When your meat is well cooked through and of a golden 
brown, pour over a cupful vinegar, then put it aside and let the whole 
simmer gently for 10 minutes. Then serve hot. 

(This recipe is over 100 years old, and comes from San Do- 
mingo. ) 



MEATS 137 

TO MAKE OLLO. 

From Mrs. Randolph's Cooking Book (Virginia, 1831). 

Contributed by Miss Mcta Lisle. 

Take 2 lbs. beef and 1 lb. mutton, a chicken, and a small piece of 
pork. Put them into a pot with very little water. Set it on the fire at 
10 o'clock to stew gently. Sprinkle over it an onion chopped very 
small, pepper and salt before you pour on the water. At half after 
12 put into the pot 2 or 3 apples peeled and cut in 2 or 3 pieces. Cut 
up 2 tomatoes, taking off skin, 2 or 3 cymblins, a handful of chopped 
mint, lima beans, in fact any vegetable. Let them all stew until 3 
o'clock. Celery tops cut small may be added at half after 2 o'clock. 

(This is evidently for an old-fashioned 3 o'clock dinner.) 

KIDNEY AND MADEIRA SAUCE. 

Mrs. Richmond Pearson, Asheville, N. C. 

Through Mrs. Porticux Robinson, Richmond, Va. 

Take 6 kidneys and cut the outside off and soak in cold water 2 
hours. Then drain off water and put in fresh cold water on stove 
and boil 4 hours. Then season with pepper and salt to taste, and 
1 tablespoon butter thickened with a little flour. Just before serving 
pour in 2 wine glasses of Madeira. 

TO MAKE SAUSAGES. 

Mrs. Roy Mason, Fredericksburg, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halscy, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take tender pieces of fresh pork. Chop exceedingly fine. Chop 
some of the leaf fat, and put together in proportion to 3 lbs. of pork 
to 1 of fat. Season very highly with pepper and salt, add a small quan- 
tity of dried sage rubbed to a powder. Make into cakes and fry. 
They are better this way, but keep better in skins. 



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TO ROAST HAM. 

Fredericksburg, Va. 

Contributed by Mr. Wellford Mason, King George Co., Va. 

Soak 24 hours and scrub ham with clean brush. Boil it well. 
Take off the skin, cover top with bread crumbs and black pepper. 
Make incisions with knife. Place in oven to brown. 

YORKSHIRE PUDDING. 
London, England. (Date 1800 or Earlier.) 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles Duggin, New York. 

Half pound of flour, a pinch of salt, 1 egg, and a pint of milk 
well beaten together with large wooden spoon till frothy. Pour into 
a well-greased tin, and bake in a quick oven for about half an hour, 
then put under the meat while roasting for about 20 minutes. 



SAUCES FOR ENTREES, FISH, FOWL, 
MEATS AND SALADS. 



SAUCES. 



MEATS AND SAUCES TO SERVE WITH THEM. 

Roast Beef Tomato sauce 

Boiled Beef Horseradish sauce 

Roast Veal Mushroom sauce 

Boiled Mutton ^-gg or Caper sauce 

Roast Lamb Mint sauce 

Boiled Turkey Celery sauce 

Roast Pork Apple sauce 

Boiled Chicken Oyster sauce 

Roast Chicken Cranberry sauce 

Venison or Duck Currant jelly 

HOLLANDAI.SE SAUCE. 

Mrs. George Groves, New York. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles Duggin, New York. 

Three teaspoonsful vinegar, i teaspoonful of stock, 4 yolks of 
eggs, 3 small pepper corns, juice of 1 lemon, 5 oz. of butter. Boil 
vinegar with peppers until reduced one half, strain and set aside to 
cool. Mix in a saucepan one half of the butter cut in small pieces, 
the yolks of the eggs, a little salt and the vinegar. Set the saucepan 
over boiling water, and stir with wooden spoon without stopping until 
smooth. Strain into another saucepan and set it back over boiling 
water as before, beating steadily. Add by degrees the remainder of 
the butter in small bits and the stock. When the sauce is very light 
and frothy remove from the fire and stir in lemon juice, and serve 
immediately. 

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i 4 2 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

DELICIOUS CREAM GRAVY FOR CHICKEN. 

Mary Robertson Hawkins, Connecticut. 

A well prepared tender chicken cut in pieces for stewing, sea- 
soned with salt and pepper, is cooked gently in a covered saucepan 
in just enough water to make a generous half pint of strong broth 
when finished. No water should be added after it has begun to 
cook. When sufficiently cooked, pour oft* the broth without strain- 
ing. Add to this a paste made of a tablespoon of butter creamed 
with a tablespoon of flour. Let it boil just a few minutes to cook 
the flour. Then a teacupful of thick sweet cream and return to the 
fire a moment to heat again quickly. Serve immediately poured 
over the hot chicken. 

MUSHROOM SAUCE FOR BOILED FOWLS. 

From the old recipe book of Miss "Margaret Coleman of Phila- 
delphia, daughter of Robert Coleman of Pennsylvania, who married 
Judge Hemphill of Philadelphia. Strawberry Mansion (then known 
as Turnersville) was their country place. Mrs. Joshua Francis Fisher 
bought their town house. Walnut Street near Ninth, which since her 
death has been pulled down to build a manufactory. The receipts are 
about ioo hundred years old. Margaret Coleman was born 1774: 
married in 1806; died 1855. 

Contributed by Mrs. Francis Taylor Chambers, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take y 2 pt. of cream and \\ lb. of butter, stir them together one 
way until it is thick, add 1 teaspoonful of fresh mushrooms or pickled 
mushrooms. 

ASPARAGUS DRESSING. 

Contributed by Mrs. R. H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

One large spoon of butter. 1 tablespoon flour, asparagus water. 
a suspicion of onion, white pepper. Take off fire, stir in yolk of 1 
egg and 1 tablespoon vinegar. 



SAUCES FOR ENTREES 



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FISH CREAM SAUCE, FOR CROQUETTES AXD PATTIES. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

One pt. hot cream, 2 even tablespoons butter, 4 heaping table- 
spoons of cornstarch or flour, y 2 teaspoon salt. l /> saltspoon of 
white pepper, y 2 teaspoon celery salt, a few grains cayenne pepper, 
a few drops or ]/ 2 teaspoon onion juice (if you like it). Scald 
cream, melt butter in a granite saucepan, when bubbling, add the 
cornstarch. Stir until well mixed. Add about one-third of the cream. 
and stir. As it boils and thickens, add more cream until perfectly 
smooth. Add seasoning and mix while hot with the meat. The 
sauce should be thick as for drop batter. One beaten egg may be 
added, but they are more creamy without egg. 

TO MAKE CELERY SAUCE. 

1800 

Contributed by Mr. and Mrs. John Cadzi'alader, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Wash a bunch of white celery very clean, and set it over the fire 
in a silver or tin saucepan, with a little water to stew till it is very 
tender, then put in it a blade of mace, grate in a little nutmeg, add a 
piece of butter rolled in flour, and y 2 pt. of sweet cream. Shake it 
well around and boil them together ; when near done, add a little 
white wine and catsup to your taste. Let it boil once up, and it is 
done. 

GRILLADES A LA CREOLE. 

Contributed by Miss Charlotte Mitchell. New Orleans. La. 

Warm a stewpan. into this put 1 tablespoon of butter and 1 
of lard. When thoroughly heated add 2 small onions and small 
bunch of parsley chopped fine. When this is thoroughly brown. 
add can of tomatoes or 6 large fresh ones, and cook slowly for half 
an hour. Then add salt and pepper and meat, and cook until done. 
This is a sauce universally used by the Creoles for round steaks, or 
what is sold in Xew Orleans as Daube. It is verv delicious. 



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FISH SAUCE. 

Cafe de Paris, Monte Carlo. 

Mrs. Richmond Pearson, Asheville, N. C. 

Contributed by Mrs. Portieux Robinson, Richmond, Va. 

Put in saucepan of granite — a tablespoon of butter, some 
slices of onion, parsley, thyme, and bay leaf, salt and pepper. Add 
a glass of white dry wine and juice of I lemon. After it is cooked, 
pour over your fish. Cover fish and let it cook very slowly. When 
it is cooked, put it on plate on which it is to be served, and put in 
stove until sauce be reduced then add yolks of 2 eggs well beaten, 
2 J / 2 cups of butter. Do not let sauce boil. Pass through sieve 
and pour sauce on fish, and serve very hot. This sauce is good for 
any white fish. 

OLD ENGLISH COOKING— 1855. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert E. Patterson, .Philadelphia, Pa. 

Gravy to Make Mutton Eat Like Venison. 

Pick a very stale woodcock or snipe, cut it in pieces (but first take 
out the entrails), and simmer with as much unseasoned meat gravy as 
you will want. Strain it, and serve in the dish. But if the mutton be 
not long kept, it will not acquire the venison flavor. 

SAUCE REMOULADE. 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mix together in bowl 2 tablespoons each chopped anchovies that 
have been preserved in oil and capers. Add a tablespoon of chopped 
parsley, 1 teaspoon dry mustard, and salt and pepper to taste. Mix 
the above with salad oil and a few drops of vinegar. One pinch of 
garlic may be added. 



SAUCES FOR ENTREES 145 

TOMATO GLACE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

One pound can of tomatoes, 1 oz. gelatine, 1 teacup of cold 
water in which soak gelatine 1 hour. Then add tomatoes and let 
boil 10 minutes. Season with pepper, salt and celery seed, and 
mash through a colander. Let it harden and serve. The seedless 
tomatoes are the best in flavor, but they only come in 2-lb. cans. 
This will keep several days. To be served with mayonnaise. 

VENISON GRAVY. 

Mrs. S. S. Bailey, Boston, Mass. 

Boil the rough pieces of venison with a little mutton, beef, or 
any other kind of meat nearly all day. Then let it rest quietly over 
night, taking off all fat in the morning. Then thicken it with 
scorched flour, add spices and sugar to taste, with as much wine 
as you desire. 

COLD SLAW. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halscy, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take 3 eggs and beat very light, put them in a saucepan with 
a teacup of cream, 1 of vinegar, 1 of butter and a little salt. Stir 
until it becomes thick. Set it off the fire, and when cold add a tea- 
spoonful of mustard and a little cayenne pepper. Pour over the 
slaw, and toss lightly together. 

CUCUMBER CATSUP. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Three large cucumbers. Peel and grate them, add 1 tablespoon 
of salt, n of black pepper, a handful of grated horseradish, 1 large 
onion, grated, and pour over this 1 pt. strong vinegar. Bottle and 
cork loosely. 



146 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

BERNAISE SAUCE FOR STEAK. 

Cafe de Paris, Monte Carlo. 

Mrs. Richmond Pearson, Asheville, N. C. 

Contributed by Mrs. Portieux Robinson, Richmond, Va. 

Put in a saucepan I minced shallot, salt and pepper, bruised 
pepper, tarragon, chervil. Add 2 teaspoonsful of vinegar, reduce it 
until it is dry. Add 3 yolks of eggs, stir it, throwing in it by de- 
grees 3 tablespoons of fine butter. Pass your sauce through a sieve, 
add a pinch of tarragon and chervil, chopping very fine. When 
done, this looks very much like a rich boiled custard, with chopped 
green in it. 

FRENCH DRESSING. 

Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One tablespoon mustard, 1 teaspoon of salt, 2 cups of olive oil, 
1 cup of English malt vinegar, 'y 2 teaspoon of pepper, all thoroughly 
mixed. 

SALAD DRESSING. 

Clara Thomas, November, 1870. 

One hard boiled egg, 1 teaspoonful of ground mustard, 1 tea- 
spoonful of salt, and a little cayenne pepper. Beat these well to- 
gether, add yolk of 1 raw egg, beat until perfectly smooth, pour 
in oil gradually until the dressing becomes a thick rich cream, then 
add vinegar to taste. If too much oil be dropped in, use a small 
lump of ice. 

DRESSING FOR TOMATOES, LETTUCE AND SALADS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

Yolks of 6 eggs, 1 pt. vinegar, 1 tablespoon mustard, 1 tea- 
spoon salt, 4 teaspoons sugar, I teaspoon celery seed, 1 teaspoon 
pepper, 1 tablesooon butter. Beat well together. Put on fire and 
let cook until thick, stirring all the time. 



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MAYONNAISE DRESSING. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

Yolks of 2 raw eggs, teacup of olive oil, lemon juice to taste, 
juice of 1 pepper, salt, mustard if you like it. celery seed, and a 
little onion if you choose. Put the eggs in a howl and add the 
oil, 1 teaspoonful at a time, until very thick, beating hard with an 
egg beater, then add the lemon, then the other ingredients. Keep 
the eggs and oil in the ice box an hour or so before using. 

BREAD SAUCE FOR BIRDS. 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud, Philadelphia, Pa., 1875. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One cup grated bread crumbs, 2 sliced onions, white pepper- 
corn and mace. Simmer, take out onion, add cream or melted butter, 
until thin as gravy. 

CAULIFLOWER SAUCE. 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Put the cauliflower in boiling water, add a handful of salt, boil 
until tender, then strain. Make a thick white sauce of milk, butter 
and flour, pour over the cauliflower in a deep dish, grated Parmesan 
cheese shaken over it, and brown in the oven. 



VEGETABLES. 



VEGETABLES. 

TO DRESS A DISH OF MUSHRUMPS. 

" This book was written by Eleanor Parke Custis' Great Grand- 
mother, Mrs. John Custis, was given to her by her Beloved Grand 
Mama Martha Washington, formerly Mrs. Daniel Custis." 

In the following excerpt selected from the " Book of Cookery " 
no changes in spelling or punctuation have been made. 

From Mrs. Washington's " Book of Cookery," owned by the 
Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pa. 1706. 

Contributed by Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take ye firme mushrumps and pill ye scin from them and 
scrape away all ye red yt grows onye insyde of them and pill yr 
stalks likewise. If you finde them firme throw them as you doe 
them into faire water and let them ly 3 or 4 hours, then take them 
out of ye water and set them on ye fire in a pan, theyr owne Liquor 
will stew them, put in an ownion cut in halves and often sticke 
them as ye water rises cast it still away till you finde them almoste 
dry, then take out the ownion and put in a little sweet cream yt is 
thick and shred in some parsley and put in some grated nutmegg 
and a little grose pepper and a little salt and soe let them boyle. 
shaking them well together, and put in a piece of fresh butter giving 
them another shake and soe dish them up. 

BAKED SWEET POTATO. 

Contributed by Miss Lucretia Lennig, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Six sweet potatoes grated raw, 1 tablespoonful cinnamon, 1 
teaspoonful black pepper, 1 teaspoonful allspice, small teacup sugar, 
small 'y 2 teacup lard, small ]/ 2 teacup butter, 2 raw eggs, small cup 
milk or cream just before baking. 

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ASPARAGUS LOAF (MOST DELICIOUS). 

Mrs. J. A. Hewlett, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Contributed by Mrs. James Crosby Brown, Rosemont, Pa. 

Cook 2 tablespoons ful each of butter and flour together, add 
half a teaspoonful of salt, a dash of pepper and i cup of cream 
gradually. When boiling add 2 tablespoonsful of cold chicken 
chopped fine, 1 cup of cooked asparagus tips, and 4 well beaten eggs 
(whites and yolks together). Turn into an earthen bowl or mould 
holding 1 pint, thickly buttered and lined with asparagus. Cook 
standing in a dish of hot water until the centre is firm. Do not 
allow the water around the mould to boil. Let stand a few moments 
after removing from oven, and invert over a serving dish. Serve 
with cream sauce. Sauce for Asparagus Loaf — Half a pint of milk, 
a level teaspoonful of butter, 1 level tablespoonful of flour, x / 2 tea- 
spoonful of salt, 54 teaspoonfulof pepper. Asparagus tips and a few 
mushrooms well chopped up and added to the sauce are an improve- 
ment to the flavor. 

COLE SLAW. 

Used by Miss Elizabeth Rodman Fisher, of Wakefield, 

Germantown, i860. 

Contributed by Miss Hannah Fox, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Boil Y2 pt. of vinegar with a piece of butter about the size of 
a walnut. Have beaten the yolks of 4 eggs, to which add Yi teacup 
of cream. Take the vinegar from the fire and stir the eggs and 
cream into it whilst it is hot, taking care it does not curdle, then 
put it over the fire again to cook it, stirring it always until it is the 
thickness of boiled custard. The cabbage must be shredded fine 
in a dish and the dressing poured over it hot. Mix it well through 
the cabbage; when cold put it into the dish in which it is to be 
served and sprinkle it with cayenne pepper. Put salt in the dress- 
ing as you like it. 



VEGETABLES I53 

STUFFED RIPE TOMATOES, SOUTHERN STYLE. 

Mrs. Eliza S. Brolaski, St. Louis, Mo. 

Contributed by Mrs. Adelaide Bragg Carrick, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Use firm fresh tomatoes. Take only a small core out of the 
middle, using a sharp pointed knife to loosen the meat of the toma- 
toes all inside. Then put a piece of butter in each tomato the size 
of a hazel nut. Then cut in each tomato a small piece of onion fine, 
then salt and pepper, and a dash of Paprika to taste, and a goodly 
pinch of herbs, then a little more butter, and fill each tomato with 
grated fresh bread crumbs (not cracker dust), a little more salt and 
seasoning, and bake half an hour. Serve on little plate garnished 
with parsley. 

HOMINY OR SAMP PORRIDGE. 

Mrs. J. A. Hewlett, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Contributed by Mrs. James Crosby Brown, Roseniout, Pa. 

One cup of samp, 2 cups of white beans, soak these over night.. 
Turkey carcass, 1 pound of salt pork. Put all together and cook 
slowly all day. Keep covering with water. Remove bones and 
flavor to taste. 

RICE AND PEPPER — CREOLE FASHION. 

Mrs. Eugene Palmer, New Orleans. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert Lindsay Pollard, Austin. Tex. 

Cook y 2 cup of rice thoroughly but dry. so that the grains will 
be separate. Remove seed and membrane from peppers, and slice 
crosswise. Lay them in cold salted water for 10 minutes. Fry in 
butter, chop, not too fine, add to the hot butter a little onion juice 
and about 2 tablespoons of stock of any kind. Pour over the rice 
and serve. Care must always be taken to remove seed and white 
membrane, so that neither will touch the inside of the pepper. 



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TOMATO WITH GELATINE. 

Contributed by Mrs. James W. Noyes, Montclair, N. J. 

Soak y 2 box of gelatine, drain the juice from a pint of stewed 
or can of tomatoes and put over the fire with salt, pepper and sugar 
to taste. At the boiling point remove from the fire, skim and add 
to the gelatine together with a few drops of lemon juice. Strain 
and when half cold pour into prepared moulds and stand in a cool 
place to harden. Serve with lettuce and mayonnaise dressing. Ex- 
cellent when fresh tomatoes cannot be procured. 

SNAP BEANS — CREOLE FASHION. 

Mrs. Eugene Palmer, New Orleans. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert Lindsay Pollard, Austin, Tex. 

Simmer beans until tender, chop fine. Brown a teaspoon 
minced onion in butter, add beans, salt and pepper and i egg beaten 
well with a tablespoon of cold water. Stir quickly until thoroughly 
mixed and the egg sets. Take from fire and serve hot. 

BAKED PEACHES. 

Mrs. Celestin Villeneuve, New Orleans. 

Contributed by Miss Charlotte Mitchell, New Orleans, La. 

Halve fruit and remove stones. Fill inside with a paste of 
sugar, butter and cinnamon. Bake slowly, basting with a syrup of 
lemon juice. Cover with a meringue, brown and serve. May be 
baked in individual dishes, and served hot or cold. 

CORN FRITTERS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Mary Balding, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Grate i dozen ears of corn, mix with i beaten egg. Fry them 
in butter, dropped in it with a spoon, brown and turn them like cakes. 



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155 



STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS — CREOLE STYLE. 

Mrs. Eugene Palmer, New Orleans. La. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert Lindsay Pollard, Austin, Tex. 

Cut a slice off the stem end of sweet green peppers. Remove 
seed and membranes. Make a stuffing of shrimp or crab, or fish. 
with a very little bread crumbs, butter, pepper and salt moistened 
with white sauce. Set in oven a few moments and bake. If sweet 
peppers are not obtainable the ordinary green peppers may be used, 
but must be simmered in salt and water, and then thrown in cold 
water, always removing seed and membrane. Any kind of cold 
meat makes an appetizing stuffing. Baste well with melted butter 
while baking. 

TO DRESS EGG PLANT. 

Mrs. Roy Mason, " Cleveland," King George Co., Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey. 

Take 2 large tender egg plants, boil them in salt and water. 
Take off the skin and take out the inside. Mash fine, add a table- 
spoonful of butter, 2 eggs beaten light, 2 teaspoonsful of flour. 
Season with pepper and salt. Have ready some boiling lard, drop 
them in with a spoon, and fry them as brown as you do fritters. 

POTATO PUFFS. 
Mrs. Frank Carter, St. Louis, Mo. 

Contributed by Mrs. Adelaide Bragg Carriek, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two good sized potatoes boiled and mashed, 1 egg, a little salt, 
1 tablespoon lard and 1 of sugar. Beat until very light. Dis- 
solve 'y 2 an yeast cake in a cup of new milk and add. Work in 
enough flour to make a soft dough and let it rise 2 hours. Roll and 
cut with a tumbler. Put in a well greased pan for another hour's 
rising and eat hot or they are not perfect. Do not let them touch 
while baking. These are delicious for lunch or tea. 



156 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

HOW TO COOK RICE. 

Contributed by Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take 1 pt. of rice, and put it to soak for 2 hours. Have ready 
2 qts. of boiling water, with a little salt in it, in your pan. Half 
an hour before sending rice to table, pour the water from your rice. 
With a tablespoon put rice in stewpan, being careful not to stir it. 
Let it boil 10 minutes, then strain water from rice. Return rice to 
pan and let it steam 15 or 20 minutes. When it will be done the 
grains will be separate. Add butter and serve. 

CREOLE DISH. 
Mrs. F. B. Loring. 

Contributed through Mrs. Lily Latrobe Loring, Washington, D. C. 

Cook 1 cup of rice in 2 qts. of salted boiling water for 20 min- 
utes, or until tender, but not broken. Drain and set in a colander at 
the back of the range to dry. Have ready 2 sweet green peppers, 
which have been carefully seeded, scalded and left in the hot water 
until cold. Chop them fine in a saucepan and stew 3 raw toma- 
toes, cut up small and season with a great spoonful of butter, salt 
and sugar to taste. Cook for 15 minutes, turn in the rice, bring to 
a boil and serve. 

A TURKISH PILAU. 

From the Turkish Minister. 

Contributed through Mrs. Lily Latrobe Loring, Washington, D. C. 

Put 1 cup of stewed strained tomatoes in a saucepan, with 1 
cup of stock highly seasoned with salt, pepper, minced onion and 
green peppers. Boil and add 1 cupful of washed rice, stirring 
lightly with a fork until absorbed, then add small y 2 cup of butter. 
Steam in a double boiler for 20 minutes. Remove the cover and 
put a folded napkin over the top of boiler to allow the steam to 
escape. Serve as a vegetable with cold cooked meat or poultry. 



VEGETABLES I57 

BAKED BEETS. 

New England. 1736. 

Contributed by Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Bake beets same as baked sweet potatoes. While baking, turn 
often. When done pare off the skin and use in every way as boiled. 
They are good cut lengthwise. Add butter, salt and vinegar, and 
serve hot. 

TO MAKE POLENTA. 
Mrs. Randolph, Virginia. 

Contributed by Miss Meta Lisle, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Put a large spoonful of butter in a quart of hot water. Wet 
your corn meal with cold water in a bowl. Add some salt and 
make it quite smooth. Then put it in the buttered water when it is 
hot. Let it boil, stirring it continually until done. As soon as you 
can handle it make it into a ball and let it stand until cold. Then 
cut it in thin slices, lay them in the bottom of a deep dish so as to 
cover it, put on it slices of cheese, then bits of butter, then mush, 
then cheese, then butter until the dish is full. Bake in quick oven 
for 20 or 30 minutes. Cheese and butter should be on top. 

PERFECT ITALIAN MACARONI DISH. 

Contributed by Mrs. W. Hincklc Smith. Philadelphia, Pa. 

Boil the macaroni one hour and quarter in salt and water, until 
the macaroni falls apart when lifted or pierced by the fork. Put 
a layer of macaroni in a shallow dish, sprinkle grated cheese, pepper 
and salt over it, and add pats of butter. Put another layer of maca- 
roni on top of this, adding, cheese, salt, pepper and butter, as before. 
Then fill the dish as full as it will hold with milk. Bake a light 
crusty brown in the oven, and serve hot. The secret of the success 
lies in the boiling, and if it is not very tender, it should boil another 
15 minutes. This will be a revelation to lovers of good macaroni. 



i 5 8 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

RICE AND CABBAGE. DELICIOUS! 
Mrs. F. H. Loring. 

Contributed through Mrs. Lily Latrobe Loring, Washington, D. C. 

One small head or as much cabbage as will fill a dish one third 
full, ij4 cups of cooked rice, y 2 tablespoon of salt, 2 tablespoons of 
flour, x /z cup of butter, i~y 2 pints of milk. Cut cabbage in 1 inch 
pieces, removing all hard stalks. Put on to boil, add salt, cook 
until done but not boiled up. Have ready the rice which has been 
boiled in well salted water. Make a cream sauce of the butter, 
flour and hot milk. Drain the cabbage and rice, grease a pan or 
baking dish, put in a layer of cabbage and rice, then a layer of sauce, 
and so on until the dish is filled, having the last layer of sauce. 

BOSTON BAKED BEANS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles P. Searle, Boston, Mass. 

Soak 1 qt. of beans over night, pour off the water and cook in 
fresh water until they crack open. Then put into a deep earthen 
dish and cover with the water. Add one third of a cup of molasses, 
put into centre of the dish a 'j4 lb. of parboiled pork, which should be 
scored across the rind. Bake very slowly 4 hours, keep nearly cov- 
ered with water until two thirds done, then let them bake brown. 

CORN PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles P. Searle, Boston, Mass. 

One dozen ears of corn grated, y 2 pt. of milk, a little sugar, a 
little salt. Bake 1 hour. 

CORN PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs. Edwin T. Clinton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take 10 ears of corn grated, add salt and a little cream, 4 eggs 
beaten light, 34 lb- butter and a little wheat flour. Bake 2 hours. 



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159 



ESCALLOPED ONIONS. 

New England. 1750. 

Contributed by Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Slice onions as for frying, cook them in water a few minutes, 
turn off water and put a layer of onions in baking pan, add a layer 
of bread crumbs, season each layer with salt, pepper and butter and 
cream or milk. Put them in the oven and let them brown. These 
are very good; try them if you have any doubt. 

SWEET POTATO PONE. 

Miss Sarah Rutledge, Charleston, S. C. 

One qt. of grated potato, Y\ lb. sugar, 10 oz. of butter, l / 2 pt. of 
milk, 3 tablespoonsful of powdered ginger, the grated peel of an 
orange. Rub the ingredients well together, and bake in a shallow 
plate in a slow oven. 

SWEET POTATO PONE. No. 2. 

Miss Sarah Rutledge, Charleston, S. C. 

Peel and grate 2 moderate sized sweet potatoes. Pour over 
them nearly a pint of cold water, add 4 large spoons of brown sugar, 
1 large spoon of butter. Season with ginger to the taste. Bake 
in a moderate oven about 3 hours. The potatoes must be grated 
raw in both these receipts. 

MOCK OYSTERS OF CORN. 

One dozen ears of green corn, grate off the grain, mix with the 
grated corn 2 large tablespoons of flour, the yolks of 4 eggs. Let 
all be well beaten and mixed. Season with salt and pepper. Have 
ready a pan with an equal portion of lard and butter, put on the 
fire and let boil, then drop in a spoonful of batter, as near the size 
of oysters as possible. They should be nearly an inch thick and 
fried brown. 



160 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

IRISH POTATO PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Six oz. butter, 6 oz. sugar, 4 eggs, 1 lb. mashed potatoes, sea- 
son with a little mace, and place in pudding dish greased. Eaten 
with a cold sauce of creamed butter and sugar, seasoned with nut- 
meg. Eaten hot. This pudding is enough for eight people. 

CORN CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Malcolm S. Councill, Bryn Mazvr, Pa. 

One pt. grated corn, J / 2 cup of flour, % cup of milk, 2 eggs, 
1 dessertspoon melted butter. Beat the eggs separately, add the 
yolks to the corn, and then milk, then flour and salt. Beat well, 
then stir in carefully the well beaten whites. Cook on hot griddle. 

A BREAKFAST DISH AT THE FAMOUS OLD PLANTA- 
TION, "CHACHAU," NEAR CHARLESTON, S. C. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles Stevens, Charleston, S. C. 

Into a quart of soft boiled rice, not steamed, mix a can of toma- 
toes. Cut up through the whole slices of salt pork. Turn all out 
in a frying pan until the pork is clear and the rice and tomatoes 
rather crisp. One or 2 red finger peppers add to the flavor and 
appearance of the dish. 



SALADS. 



ir 



SALADS. 

IRISH POTATO SALAD. 

Contributed by Mrs. Norman V. Randolph, Richmond, Va. 

Boil 8 medium sized potatoes thoroughly done and mash well. 
Cream them with 2 tablespoons of butter and yolk of 1 r.aw egg. 
Take 4 small cucumber pickles and chop very fine with 1 small raw 
onion. Stir this in the tomatoes with a teaspoon of salt and a little 
pepper. Pour in a y 2 teacup pickle vinegar. Mix all well and put 
into a salad dish lined with celery stalks, and slice 2 hard boiled 
eggs and sprinkle with salt and pepper over the top. To be served 
very cold. 

POTATO SALAD. 

Contributed by Mrs. John Poe, Baltimore, Md. 

One half small onion chopped very fine, ]/ 2 doz. sprigs of pars- 
ley chopped fine, 4 tablespoons ful olive oil; 1 teaspoonful of salt. 
Y\ cup of sour cream or 2 of sweet, very little red pepper, 4 table- 
spoonsful vinegar. Rub onion, parsley and oil, then add other in- 
gredients. Boil potatoes, skinned, in salt, and chop for salad. 
This dressing is good for any moderate quantity of potatoes. 

POTATO SALAD. 

Mrs. George W. Anderson, Savannah, Ga, 

From "Favorite Recipes of Savannah Homes," Through the Cour- 
tesy of a Savannah Lady. 

Boil white potatoes and let them get cold. Peel, salt and pep 
per them. Wet l / 2 teaspoonful mustard with 2 tablespoons vinegar 
and heaping tablespoon butter, and yolks of 3 eggs, whipped up, 
just before they are put in; add this seasoning to potatoes (which 
have been sliced thin), just before dinner is served. 

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CALVES HEAD SALAD. 

Contributed by Mrs. John Foe, Baltimore, Md. 

Boil the head until the meat falls from the bone, remove the 
brains entirely. Cut up the tongue, the meat and the soft gristle, 
raking care to remove the little bones; season well with pepper and 
salt, chopped parsley and celery seed or fresh celery. Put in the 
mould with the stock made from boiling down the water used to 
boil the head in. Set it away and it will congeal, and serve with 
or without mayonnaise. Let as little fat as possible be used. Gar- 
nish your dish with lettuce or any attractive green salad. 

POTATO SALAD. 

Mrs. George W. Anderson, Savannah, Ga. 

From " Favorite Recipes from Savannah Homes," Courtesy of a 

Savannah Lady. 

Pare and cut about a quart of Irish potatoes ; boil in salted water 
and cool; add a tablespoonful of chopped parsley and I of onion juice ; 
moisten with either French or mayonnaise dressing and put away in a cool 
place for several hours before serving time. Serve on crisp lettuce leaves. 

CRAB SALAD SERVED IN TOMATOES. 

Contributed by Miss Lucretia Lennig, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One dozen boiled and picked crabs. 1 2 large tomatoes, ^2 teaspoon 
cayenne pepper, 1 cup mayonnaise, 1 head lettuce, 2 hard boiled 
eggs. Mix crab with mayonnaise and seasonings. Cut out the 
center of tomatoes and fill with crab, and put a slice of egg on each. 
Serve on lettuce leaves. 

ASPARAGUS SALAD. 

Drain 1 can of asparagus tips, throw into cold water, drain 
again immediately and wipe dry. Put into a salad bowl and pour 
wer it French dressing. 



SALADS 165 

TURKEY SALAD. 

Contributed by Mrs. Norman V. Randolph, Richmond, Va. 

A turkey weighing 8 or 10 lbs. will make 1 gallon salad. Clear 
meat of fat and sinew, and cut into pieces ]/ 2 inch square. Same 
quantity of celery cut, salt to taste. Dressing for Salad — Yolks 
of 2 hard boiled eggs, 2 tablespoons dry mustard, 9 tablespoons 
olive oil, 6 tablespoons vinegar, 1 teaspoon salt ; mix egg, mustard 
and salt together with beaten yolk of 1 raw egg. Add oil a few 
drops at a time, and lastly the white of 1 egg beaten to a froth. 

GRAPE FRUIT SALAD. 

Peel the grape fruit and separate into sections, split the mem- 
brane so that the pulp of the fruit can be extracted, separate into 
small bits and put into nest of crisp lettuce. Serve with either may- 
onnaise or French dressing. 



ICE CREAM. 



ICE CREAM. 

ICE CREAM. 

" Aunt Parsons'." 

Contributed by Miss Pauline Johnson, Stratford, Pa. 

Scald i qt. of good rich cream, beat 3 eggs, and stir in while it 
is hot, sweeten to your taste with loaf sugar, stir in the peel of 2 
or 3 lemons grated, while hot, also. Strain the whole through a 
sieve, and when cold add enough lemon juice to make it a pleasant 
acid, generally 2 or 3 lemons. Put in a freezer made water-tight, 
fill with a layer of powdered ice and salt till nearly full. Cover 
the whole to exclude the air. It will freeze in 4 or 5 hours. If the 
cream is good, it will not flake if it is not stirred once in the freezer. 

STILL-FROZEN ICE CREAM. 

Mrs. Cadwalader Jones, Bar Harbor (1885). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Maim, Pa. 

One qt. strawberries (or any fruit) 1 pt. sugar, mash well to- 
gether. Put through a strainer and add 1 qt. thick cream, mixing 
it well with a wooden spoon. Put in a mould and wrap the mould 
in a towel and bury in ice and salt for 5 hours. 

FROZEN COFFEE. 

Contributed by Mrs. S. Nandain Duer, Philadelphia, Pa, 

Three pts. cream, 1 qt. fresh milk, 1 pt. sugar, 1 teacup strong 
drip coffee, 1 tablespoon arrowroot dissolved in a y 2 cup of cold 
water. Put on in saucepan the milk and 1 pt. cream. When hot 
add sugar, coffee and arrowroot. Let boil until thickened to con- 
sistency of custard, stirring all the time. Set aside to cool. When 
cold, stir in remaining quart of cream. Then freeze. 

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lyo FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

FROZEN PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs. Clara Pollard Lee, Montgomery, Ala. 

One pt. milk, 2 cups sugar, 1 scant cup flour, 2 eggs, 2 table- 
spoons gelatine, 1 qt. of cream, 1 lb. of candied fruits, 4 tablespoons 
of wine. Let milk come to a boil. Beat flour and eggs with 1 cup 
of sugar and stir into the boiling milk. Cook 20 minutes. Add 
gelatine which has been thoroughly soaked in a little water. Set 
away to cool, then add the other sugar, cream and wine. Freeze 10 
minutes, then add fruit and finish freezing. Set away for an hour 
or two, that the fruit may ripen. 

CHERRY MOUSSE. 

Mrs. S. B. Dana, West Roxbury, Mass. (1885). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

To 1 pt. of thick cream add 3 tablespoons ful sugar, 1 cup of 
cherry juice and 2 drops extract bitter almond. Chill on the ice, 
then whip stiff, put in a mould tightly covered and bury in ice and 
sajt for 3 hours. 

MOUSSE. 

Miss Flora Hartley, The Grammercy, New York. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, New York. 

Whip 1 pt. cream and add the yolks of 4 eggs beaten, "f/2 cup 
sugar, 1 cup coffee or any flavor. Pour into moulds, and pack in 
layers of salt and ice; stand 4 hours. 

ENGLISH FROZEN PUDDING. 

Bessie Fraser, Lake Huron. 

Contributed by Mrs. Wm. A. Glasgow, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Pour a rich boiled custard over cold boiled rice, and beat to- 
gether with plenty of orange juice. Freeze in a brick, and when 
turned out place on top quartered oranges. 



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TO MAKE GERMAN OR VANILLA CREAM. 

Contributed by Mr. and Mrs. John Cadwcdader, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take 1 qt. of very thick sweet fresh cream, well beaten in a 
pan, as yon would eggs, till it is quite thick, to which add vanilla 
and loaf sugar to your taste ; then vanilla bean must be well pulver- 
ized and minced with the sugar before you put it into the cream. 
Then freeze. 

TO MAKE THREE QUARTS OF CREAM. 

Mrs. Rodney of Germantown. 

Contributed by Mrs. Samuel V. Merrick, Germantown, Philadelphia, 
Pa, Her Great-Granddaughter. 

Take 3 quarts of fresh sweet cream, rub the rind of a fresh lemon 
with loaf sugar; then flavor your cream with this and sweeten to 
your taste with powdered sugar. Put into your freezer and cover 
close, then set in a deep bucket with ice and salt around it. The ice 
should be broken in small pieces, then put layer of ice and one of 
salt. Then churn and stir until frozen. One quart will serve ten 
glasses ; 3 quarts will do for a company of thirty. 



ICES, PUNCHES, SHERBETS, 
BEVERAGES, AND WINES. 



ICES, PUNCHES, ETC, 

THE ART OF SERVING WINE. 

Contributed by Mr. Paul Garrett, Norfolk, Va. 

From time immemorial, wine has stood for the pledge of 
friendship and good fellowship. 

To-day, more than ever, the serving of light wines has an estab- 
lished place in social usage. 

A glass of wine and a wafer makes the ideal repast for the 
afternoon gathering of ladies. The informal call, the evening party, 
the birthday table, the picnic or the lawn party, the wedding and the 
christening, not to mention the formal dinner — on every occasion 
sacred to the home where friend greets friend in social intercourse, 
pure light wines have their recognized place. 

In this country this is true to-day more so than ever before, 
because the American people are just waking up to the fact that here 
at home are raised the best grapes in the world — grapes that by 
improved processes are being converted into wines of unquestioned 
purity and wholesomeness. 

" Virginia Dare," " Pocahontas " and " Minnehaha " are the 
lightest of wines — clear, pure and with a clean, fresh, natural flavor 
delightful to the taste. Besides adding zest to the meal, they form 
an important supply of food for the nerves — food just as impor- 
tant as that which goes to the building up of bone and muscle. 

" How to Serve Wine " is a question of greater or less com- 
plexity, as the occasion is formal or informal. On an informal occa- 
sion, perhaps, only one wine will be served, the taste of the guests, 
of course, deciding the variety. If they be accustomed to the dry 
imported wines of Northern Europe, such as Rhine Wine, Moselle, 
or Sauterne, a bottle of Minnehaha should be served. 

If, on the other hand, the guests have no acquired tastes, noth- 

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176 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

ing can excel Virginia Dare or Pocahontas. Being so delicate and 
fruity in flavor, these wines invariably find enthusiastic devotees in 
the ladies. 

In serving wines for a large formal dinner, there is much 
variation of ideas. It is a matter of taste rather than of rule. 
There is, however, a logical sequence that is usually followed : 

White wines with oysters (Minnehaha, Sauterne or Moselle). 

Yellow wines with soup (Virginia Dare, Sherry or Tokay). 

Red wines with roasts and game (Pocahontas, Port, F. F. V. 
Claret, Burgundy or Hiawatha — a red sparkling wine). 

Sweet wines with dessert (Pocahontas, Virginia Dare, Port, 
Madeira or Southern Sunshine). 

After dinner, before coffee, old Ports, Madeiras, Sherries or 
Champagne. 

Champagne any time after soup, although strictly speaking it 
is an after-dinner wine. 

Champagne is the ideal table wine. . • 

When Sherries are used, an old dry quality with nutty flavor 
is served with oysters, while a richer one should be used before 
coffee. 

If both Claret and Burgundy are desired, serve the Claret with 
the entree, Burgundy with the roast. 

WINE CAUTIONS. 
Contributed by Mr. Paul Garrett, Norfolk, Va. 

Dry wines should be kept in a cool, dry cellar, the bottles laid 
on their sides, so that the moisture will render the cork thoroughly 
air-tight. This is not necessary, however, when the bottles are 
sealed with other devices, as, for instance, the Garrett Cap and 
Crown. 

All old still wines — Claret, Sauterne, Sherry, Port, Madeira 
- — should be decanted when they have been in bottles a sufficient 
time to precipitate. 



ICES, PUNCHES, ETC. 177 

In England, gentlemen decant their own wines; it is very 
simple, but must be done carefully. 

Stand the bottles upright 24 hours before decanting, first 
loosening the cork. When ready, draw the cork, hold the bottle 
to the light and pour slowly into the decanter, until the sediment 
begins to move. The decanted wine will then be perfectly clear and 
bright. 

Burgundies by custom are often served from the original bot- 
tles, but it is better to decant all still wines just before using. 

It must be remembered, however, that only the fortified wines, 
or those to which alcohol has been added, will keep for any time 
after being exposed to the air. The. fortified wines are Sherry, 
Tokay, Port and Madeira. Many other foreign wines are fortified 
to a sufficient extent to stand exportation, rendering them strongly 
alcoholic. For this reason it is better for Americans to drink the 
wines of their own country. There being no need to export, there is 
no temptation to fortify and render them intoxicating. Scupper- 
nong products are the lightest and most delicate in the world, con- 
taining a minimum of alcohol and are rich in the health-giving 
properties of the grape. 

Clarets and Burgundies should be served at a temperature of 
about 65 to 70 degrees, generally obtained by keeping the bottles 
in the dining-room several hours before serving. 

White wines (Virginia Dare, Minnehaha, Rhine, Sauterne, 
Moselle, Reisling) should be cooled, but not thoroughly chilled, to 
about 40 to 50 degrees. 

Sherry and Port should not be too cold, for if they are chilled 
they will cloud. 

Madeiras are best at about 65 degrees. " Extra Dry " Cham- 
pagne cannot be too cold — the nearer to frappe the better. 

" Brut " Champagne should be chilled, but too low a tempera- 
ture makes it acid and rough. Freezing kills it entirely. 

Remember, that if a variety of wines is to be used, a very little 
of each is required. 



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ETIQUETTE OF THE WINE GLASS. 
Contributed by Mr. Paul Garrett, Norfolk, Va. 

Each place at table should be supplied with all the glasses to 
be used during the dinner. 

There are, in general, four varieties : 

The Claret Glass is used for all still wines. With white wines 
a delicately tinted ruby glass is sometimes used with pretty effect. 
For red wines the glass must always be colorless. 

The Sherry Glass is used exclusively for Sherry. There are 
numberless designs, both in plain glass and cut glass, but the gen- 
eral shape is always the same. Round base, slender stem, plain 
or ornamental — bowl , lily shaped — the whole effect being very 
graceful and delicate. 

The Wine Glass is very much like the Claret Glass in shape, 
but smaller. It is used for Port, Madeira, and heavy fortified 
wines. This is the glass which should be used in the serving of 
wine at an afternoon gathering or as an informal evening refresh- 
ment. 

Champagne Glasses are of three kinds, the selection being 
largely a matter of taste. 

The " Saucer " Champagne is perhaps the most popular glass 
just now. It has a thin stem and a wide shallow bowl. 

The " Fountain " Champagne will always be preferred by most. 
It has a hollow stem and deep bowl. The wine, effervescing from 
the stem, creates a miniature fountain in the center of the glass, 
with very pretty effect. 

The Champagne Tumbler is a glass preferred principally by 
gentlemen, who are sometimes inclined to scorn the esthetic and 
who care less for beautiful effects. 



ICES, PUNCHES, ETC. 179 

JOHN DABNEY'S MINT J.ULEP. 

Richmond, Va. 

This famous receipt has a history well worth recording of 
"the man and his julep." John Dabney was the famous old negro 
caterer of Richmond until a few years ago. John was a very 
remarkable character, and in personality most striking, combining 
as he did some of the Indian with his negro antecedents. He was 
a slave of a prominent Virginia family, who had consented to set 
John free some years before the war. John had almost finished 
paying for his freedom by his thrift and determination when war 
came. After Mr. Lincoln's proclamation his master said, " John, 
you are free," and wished him good luck, and John started life for 
himself as a caterer in Richmond. He soon had a small bank ac- 
count. Meantime war had left his master's family in reduced cir- 
cumstances — his master dead. Taking the amount that was still 
due his old master, had war not settled the account in a different 
way, John Dabney went to his mistress and begged she would 
accept what he believed to be rightfully hers. Thomas Nelson Page 
hearing of the incident embodied it in one of his most character- 
istic bits of the old South. General Maury meeting John Dabney 
on the streets of Richmond a few days afterwards extended his 
hand and said, " John, I have just been reading what Mr. Page 
says about you, and John you are a gentleman." Taking off his 
hat with that well-bred courtesy that the negro of the past had, and 
the negro of the present has not, he said, " Thanky, General, that's 
what I tries to be, sar." The young men of the different clubs in 
Richmond had presented John with two very handsome silver loving 
cups appropriately inscribed. John was very proud of these, and 
when he wanted to confer an especial honor one of these cups was 
sent filled to the brim with one of his juleps. One morning at the 
Old White there was a knock at my door just before breakfast. In 
answer, there stood one of John's assistants with one of John's 



180 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

cups filled to the brim with John's julep, which he presented with 
John Dabney's compliments. On the top rested a pink rose. 

Here is what composed this beverage: Crushed ice, as much 
as you can pack in and sugar, mint bruised, and put in with the 
ice, then your good whiskey, and the top surmounted by more mint, 
a strawberry, a cherry, a slice of pineapple, or, as John expressed it, 
" Any other little fixings you like." On mine was the pink rose. 
I pinned on the rose, drank some of that never-to-be-forgotten 
juelp. Had I drunk half, I would have never danced my morning 
german. Then I went with my father to seek John and express 
my appreciation of the honor. I found him at the door of his 
sanctum. With a most profound bow he received my thanks. 
"Yes, mam," he said, "I always was mighty fond of your Pa, the 
General." Here's to you, John Dabney ! Would there were others 
of your race to follow in your footsteps. — Sue Mason Maury Hal- 
sey> — (Mrs. James T. Halsey). 

LALLA ROOKH PUNCH. A FAMOUS RECIPE. 

Mrs. James Thomas. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

One quart of cream, 5 eggs, put yolks in saucepan with a heap- 
ing teacup of granulated sugar. Let it cook a little, stirring, set 
aside to cool, then put in a custard glass of brandy, a dash of rum, 
then add whipped cream, and last the whites of eggs well beaten. 
Season with nutmeg. Use rock salt to freeze. This will serve 9 
persons. 

CLARET CUP. 

Somerset Club, Boston (1880). 

Contributed by Mr. Charles P. Searle, Boston, Mass. 

One qt. claret, large lump of ice, 3 pieces of cucumber rind 
left in for three minutes, 1 sherry glass Maraschino added after the 
cucumber is taken out. 



ICES, PUNCHES, ETC. 181 

BALTIMORE TEA PUNCH. 

Contributed by Mrs. IV. Hinckle Smith. 

Juice of 12 lemons. Put the skins in a pitcher and pour on 
them i qt. of boiling tea (made of green and black mixed, 3 or 4 
teaspoonsful of each). Let it stand 10 minutes, add i l / 2 lbs. sugar 
and 1 qt. of old Jamaica rum. Strain and bottle, corking very 
tightly, and it will keep 6 months in a cool place. Do not let the 
tea draw until it becomes bitter, and if you like it very sweet add 
more sugar. Serve in a bowl with crushed ice. Makes nearly 
3 qts. Should be made at once, and allowed to stand well corked. 
English breakfast tea can be used. 

RUM TODDY. 

Van Cortlandt Recipe, Van Cortlandt Manor, N. Y. (1775). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Byrn Mazvr, Pa. 

Put in a punch bowl 1 bottle old Antigua rum, 2 l / 2 bottles 
water, 34 tumbler lump sugar, and the yellow peel of three lemons. 
Let the peel remain in the mixture 20 minutes, stirring slowly so 
that the sugar dissolves well, and the oil from the lemon peel flavors 
the toddy. Take out the peel, let the toddy stand for about 20 
minutes before using, then add a lump of ice the size of two fists, 
and serve. 

FRUIT PUNCH. 
General Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One qt. of rum, y 2 tumbler of peach brandy, the skin of 3 
lemons, J / 2 tumbler of water, 1 lemon and 4 peaches sliced. Put 
the whole into a bowl and cover with a cloth. It should be made 
2 days before using. If peaches are not in season a box of Guava 
jelly or pineapple is a good substitute. Set the bowl in ice 1 hour 
before the feast begins. O Moses ! ! 



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BLACKBERRY CORDIAL. 

A Physician's Recipe for Diarrhcea. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

Wash the berries, boil them a few minutes in a preserving 
kettle, when cool strain them through a thin cloth. To every quart 
of juice add ]/i lb. of loaf sugar, %. oz. of nutmeg, *4 oz - oi allspice, 
54 oz. of powdered cinnamon. Boil all together fifteen minutes 
and when cold stir in 'y 2 pint of best French brandy and seal it 
securely in bottles. 

RASPBERRY SHRUB. 

Contributed by Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Fill a jar with red raspberries, pour in as much vinegar as it 
will hold. Let it stand over night. In the morning mash the ber- 
ries and squeeze through a coarse bag. To every pint of juice add 
i lb. of sugar. Boil 20 minutes, skim and bottle. This will make 
a thick syrup which must be diluted when drunk. 

STRAWBERRY ACID — A SPLENDID RECEIPT. 
Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Richmond, Va. 

Put 12 lbs. of ripe strawberries in a large bowl, cover with 
3 pts. of water acidulated with 5 oz. of tartaric acid. Let it stand 
48 hours. Pour all into a sieve and let it drip without bruising 
the fruit. To each pt. of clear juice add 3 oz. of sugar. Let it 
stand open 2 days and bottle, putting in the corks lightly at first. 

CLARET ICE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Eight lemons, rind of 2 grated, 2^ lbs. of sugar, 1 quart of 
Virginia Claret, 2 quarts of water. When about to freeze stir in 
the whites of 4 eggs beaten light. 



ICES, PUNCHES, ETC. ^3 

CREME DE MENTHE. 

Contributed by Airs. Judge L. L. Lewis, Richmond, Va. 

Fill 1 qt. jar with fresh mint leaves and pour over them i l / 2 pts. 
of deodorized alcohol. Let this stand for 3 hours — not longer — 
shaking occasionally. During this time make a syrup of 1 qt. of 
granulated sugar and 1 qt. of hot water mixed well together and 
boiled a few minutes. This syrup should be double the quantity of 
alcohol and not too thick. Strain alcohol into a pitcher and pour 
the syrup after it has been cooled into it. Do not pour the alcohol 
into the syrup but pour the syrup into the alcohol. 

KOUMYSS. 

Mrs. James Meeks, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Miss Josephine Barry Meeks, Orange, N. J. 

Take 1 qt. of milk, iy 2 tablespoons of Loerland's malt and 2 
tablespoons of brewer's yeast. Strain yeast, mix the malt, yeast 
and a little of the milk until thoroughly blended, then put in dish 
with a lip, or a pitcher, cover it, and set to rise as one would sponge 
for bread. When carbonic acid gas begins to form, bubbles appear 
on top, stir it well and pour in lager beer bottles. Cork and lay 
the bottles on their sides in a cool place. If brewer's or home-made 
yeast cannot be had, use l /> a cake of Fleischmann's yeast to a qt. of 
milk. 

BLACKBERRY WINE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

Wash the berries and to every gallon put 3 qts. of water. 
Steam through a bag and sieve. To every gallon of the mixture 
put 2V2 lbs. of white sugar. Let it stand 48 hours in a large tub 
and skim off what rises, stirring once a day. Put into a cask not 
quite full and close, then bung and seal. Age improves it. Two 
buckets of blackberries will make 5 gallons. 



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OLD VIRGINIA EGGNOG. 

Contributed by Mr. J. C. D alley, Elkins, West Va. 

Twelve eggs, iy 2 pints best whiskey, 3 gills best rum (Cognac 
brandy, fair substitute), 1 well rounded tablespoon granulated sugar 
to each egg, 1 quart of milk or cream, beat the yolks light, • add 
sugar and beat light, add whiskey, rum, milk, beat light, put in 
whites beaten to a froth. This recipe is fairly mild. For men 
increase liquor to 1 quart of whiskey, 1 pint of rum. One drop of 
oil of cinnamon improves this for some people. Never add liquor 
after cream or milk; this will ruin your eggnog. 

OLD VIRGINIA EGGNOG. 

Mrs. Roy Mason, " Cleveland," King George Co., Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Beat 12 eggs separately, add to the yolks 1 heaping tablespoon- 
ful of sugar to every egg, beating all the time. When very light 
stir rapidly in 1 pint of brandy and 1 pint of whiskey, if more 
liquor is desired it can be added before the cream. Now stir in 
half of the well beaten whites, then 3 pints of rich cream or 1 pint 
of milk and 2 of cream, then stir in lightly the remaining whites. 
A little nutmeg grated is an improvement. Be careful never to add 
liquor after cream. 

BLACKBERRY SYRUP. 

Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander, Philadelphia. 

One pint juice, 1 lb. white sugar, ^ oz. powdered cinnamon, 
z 4 oz. mace, 2 teaspoons cloves, 1 glass of best French brandy to 
every pint of the mixture. Procure perfectly ripe blackberries, put 
them in a porcelain lined kettle over the fire, let them remain until 
they break in pieces, strain through a flannel bag. Boil all except 
brandy 15 minutes stirring occasionally, then strain again and add 
brandy. Bottle and seal tight. Keep in a cool place. 



ICES, PUNCHES, ETC. 185 

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S RECIPE FOR SHERRY 

COBBLER. 

Contributed by Mrs. John Beverly Roberts, Bryn Maivr, Pa. 

Two tumblers of water, in each is dissolved 15 pieces of cut 
sugar. Juice of 4 lemons, juice of 2 oranges with the pulp. After 
the sugar is thoroughly dissolved, pour it into the punch bowl and 
add lemon juice and stir thoroughly, then add a few slices of lemon 
peel, and the orange, stirring briskly all the time. One and one- 
half pt. sherry is poured or dropped slowly into the bowl, and 
then is set aside until sufficient ice is powdered like snow, then add 
slowly to the mixture. Last of all add a lemon and 2 oranges cut 
as thin as possible and dropped from the knife into the bowl, after 
which stir for a few minutes with a silver spoon. 

FINE APPLE TODDY. 

Westmoreland Club, Richmond, Va. 

For 5 Gallons of Apple Toddy. 

Contributed by Mr. Junius Mosby, President Westmoreland Club, 

Richmond, Va. 

Six pints of Cognac brandy, 3 pints apple brandy, l / 2 pint 
peach brandy, 6 gills of Jamaica spirits, ' l / 2 pint curaqoa, 3 lemons 
peeled and sliced thin, 1 bottle champagne, 1 lb. of powdered loaf 
sugar, 2 gallons of water, 48 apples roasted and quartered (Albe- 
marle Pippins). 

Known as Josiah Lee's recipe, 1850. Contributed by General 
Snowden Andrews, Baltimore, Md., who married the daughter of 
Mr. Josiah Lee. 

FISH HOUSE PUNCH. 
Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, New York. 

Two qts. water. 2}/ 2 sugar dissolved. 1 qt. brandy, 1 pt. peach 
brandy, l / 2 pt. Jamaica rum, 1 qt. lemon juice and 5 lbs. ice. 



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COLONIAL PUNCH. 

Mary Robertson Hawkins, Conn. 

Of oranges four and lemons two 

You take the juice to make your brew; 

Eight tablespoons of sugar fine, 

A quart of good red Bordeaux wine, 

A large spoonful of choice Jamaica 

Will give a flavor delicious later. 

Then a generous wine glass of old Cognac 

Will make your lips begin to smack, 

But wait until you add the sparkling champagne 

A pint at least or your labor's in vain. 

JONATHAN PRESCOTT HALL'S PUNCH. 

Uncle of Mrs. Pegram, Providence, R. I. 

Contributed by Miss Isabelle Pegram, Providence, R. I. 

One tumbler lump sugar, 2 tumblers old Jamaica rum, 3 tum- 
blers of water. Peel of a lemon cut with the oil vesicles in it only; 
none of the white below the rind. A large lump of ice placed in 
the bowl and allow all to stand for several hours. Do not stir it. 

SHERBET. 

Contributed by Mrs. Seth Barton French. 

One gallon of water, 12 lemons, 6 oranges, 1 cup of cream, 
whites of 8 eggs and sweeten to your taste. 

CURRANT WINE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

Two measures of currants to 4 qts. of water, 3 lbs. of sugar to 
every gallon of juice. After it is strained pour it in the barrel, but 
do not fill it by 6 inches. Then bung it and let the wine remain in 
the cask. 



ICES, PUNCHES, ETC. 187 

TEA PUNCH. 

Contributed by Mrs. Francis T. Boykin, Richmond, Va. 

Three cups of strong green tea into which put the rind of 6 
lemons pared very thin; 1J/2 lbs. of sugar with the juice of 6 lemons. 
Stir together a few moments and then let the rind of the lemon re- 
main several hours in the mixture to give flavor; then strain off 
and add 1 qt. of the best rum, or 3 pts. of good sherry. Fill glasses 
with crushed ice when serving. It will keep any time when put in 
bottles. 

RASPBERRY VINEGAR. 

Mrs. George Turner, " Bellegrove," King George Co., Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia; Pa. 

Put 1 quart of vinegar on 2 lbs. of ripe raspberries, let them 
stand 24 hours. Strain them through a sieve, put the same vinegar 
on 2 quarts more of fruit. Let this stand again 24 hours and strain 
it. To every pint of vinegar put 1 lb. of sugar. Put it in a stone 
jar, place it in a pot of water on the fire and let it boil until clear. 
Bottle and seal. 

RASPBERRY WINE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

Take your berries and bruise them, strain them through a 
flannel bag into a stone jar; to each qt. of juice add 1 lb. of sugar. 
Stir well together, cover closely. Let it stand three days, pour it 
off clear. To 1 qt. of juice put 2 qts. of brandy. Bottle it after- 
wards. 

ROMAN PUNCH. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One gallon of water, 1 pt. of wine, >< pt. of French brandy, 1 
pt. of old rum, 1 lb. of sugar, the rind of 4 lemons, juice of 2, freeze. 



^8 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

CHERRY BOUNCE. 

Contributed by Miss M. M. Halsey, Philadelphia. 

Eight lbs. of Morella cherries, 8 lbs. of black cherries, stew them, 
bruise through a funnel into a demijohn with a stick that the liquid 
may get to the stones. Pour I gallon of rectified whiskey over the 
cherries. Let stand several months, or as long as you choose. Then 
pour off the liquid, shake the cherries out of the demijohn, cover them 
with water. Bruise them well and if you can, crush some of the 
stones. Let them stand i hour, strain liquor, add 5 lbs. of sugar and 
mix all the liquor together. After standing until settled it is ready 
for use. A few wild cherries improves it. 

GENERAL HARRY HETH'S APPLE TODDY. 
Contributed by Mrs. M. H. Mortimer, Philadelphia. 

This apple toddy I first drank in Washington at my brother's, 
General Harry Heth's. It was made in honor of President Cleve- 
land's first election. Then it was bottled and sealed and not again 
opened until President Cleveland was for the second time elected to 
the Presidential chair. 

For 1 gallon, bake well and crisp 8 well flavored apples of me- 
dium size. When cool, place in a bowl. Mix 1 qt. of brandy, 1 
pt. of arrack, 1 pt. of Maraschino; pour the mixture over the apples 
and add 2 qts. of water. Sweeten to taste, grating a little nutmeg. 
Stir well, but try not to break the apples. 

APPLE TODDY. 

Virginia Club, Norfolk, Va. 

Contributed by Commander Hugo Osterhaus, U. S. N. 

One gallon apple brandy, 1 qt. of rum, 6 large apples well baked 
and 2 lbs. of sugar. The apples must be large and perfect, well 
baked and not broken. Drop them in the toddy when cold. Add 1 
pt. of water, which must be boiling. v 



ICES, PUNCHES, ETC. 189 

DRAGOON PUNCH. 
Charleston, S. C. 

One and one half gallons (6 quarts) whiskey, 8 qts. Apollinaris, 
2 lbs. sugar, 1 jar or 1 can Maraschino cherries, i]/ 2 doz. lemons, 1 
can sliced pineapple, 1 small tumbler raspberry cordial. To mix 
these, first squeeze out the lemons and strain the pulp, and then put 
in about a quart of water, then 2 tumblers of sugar, stir thoroughly 
until the sugar is dissolved, then add the whiskey, then the cherries, 
then y 2 pt. of " Jamaica rum," then add 5 qts. of Apollinaris. The 
other 3 qts. of Apollinaris add just before serving to produce an effer- 
vescent effect. It is necessary to stir the mixture the whole time it is 
being made, so it will blend properly. Throw 2 lemons thinly sliced 
on top of punch just before serving. Place a cube of ice in the bowl. 
Through the courtesy of Mr. Louis F. Sloan, this punch was given to 
and contributed by Mr. Coalter Bryan Carmichael, of Fredericksburg, 
Va. 

This punch is known as Dragoon punch, and has been made by 
Mr. Louis F. Sloan, of Charleston, for the past 50 years, for the 
Charleston Light Dragoons, and has become famous. Many distin- 
guished men know its charms, and this is the first time it has ever 
been in print. Through the kindness of Mr. Louis F. Sloan, who 
now concocts it for all the functions the Dragoons have, the writer 
was able to secure the recipe. 

JONATHAN PRESCOTT HALL'S SPICED CLARET WINE. 

Uncle of Mrs. Pegram, Providence, R. I. 

Contributed by Miss Isabcllc Pegram. 

Boil together in 1 pt. of water, 1 beaten nutmeg, 2 sticks of 
cinnamon broken up, and 1 tablespoon of cloves slightly beaten ; 
when reduced to l / 2 , strain the liquid into 1 pt. of wine, set it on the 
coals again and take it off as soon as it comes to a boil. While 
on the fire sweeten it with white lump sugar to taste. 



I9 o FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

RUM PUNCH. 

Virginia Club, Norfolk, Va. 

Contributed by Commander Hugo Osterhaus, U. S. N. 

One gallon Jamaica rum, i gal. boiling water, i qt. of French 
brandy, 3 lbs. of sugar, 1 qt. of lemon juice, the rind of 1 doz. 
lemons in a quart of boiling water added last. 

EGGNOG. 

Used at Westover (on James River, Va.) by Mr. Selden. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. H. Mortimer, Philadelphia. 

For one gallon of eggnog, 16 eggs, 4^ pts. brandy, i*4 pts. 
Creme de Violette, 1% pts. Jamaica rum, 3^$ pts. cream, 3^ pts. 
boiled milk, sugar to taste, nutmeg grated. Use the very best mate- 
rials. The mixture should be stirred very vigorously during the 
pouring of the liquor and for 5 minutes after, to avoid curdling. Of 
course the whites and yolks are beaten separately and mixed with the 
sugar before the brandy, etc., are put in. 

SHERBET — MOST EXCELLENT. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Eight lemons, rind of 4 grated, 3 quarts of water, 2 lbs. of 
sugar, 1 pt. of milk. Take out 1 cupful before boiling pt. of milk 
to mix 5-4 tablespoon of cornstarch in, pour to boiling milk until it 
thickens. When perfectly cold stir in whites of 4 eggs beaten light. 

CHAMPAGNE PUNCH. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, New York. 

One qt. champagne, 1 qt. of hock, 3 tablespoons pulverized 
sugar, 1 whisky glass brandy, 1 whisky glass Maraschino, 1 whisky 
glass curacoa. Any fresh fruit, bunch of mint on top. Pint of 
Club soda. 



ICES, PUNCHES, ETC. 191 

SOUTHERN EGGNOG. 

Contributed by Houston Eldrcdgc, Fortress Monroe, Va. 

Four doz. eggs, 2 cups of sugar, 3 qts. of cream, 1 qt. J/2 pt. best 
brandy, 1 pt. of best rum. Beat up whites and yolks of eggs sepa- 
rately. To beaten yolks add sugar slowly, then brandy, then rum, 
beating all the time. Then add cream slowly as before. Then add 
beaten whites of eggs. 

This is " Eggnog " as served Christmas in the South, and the 
best recipe that I know of. 

FATHER'S BLACKBERRY WINE. 
Contributed by Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander, Philadelphia. 

Wash 4 qts. of berries, pour 1 qt. of boiling water over them. 
Let stand 24 hours or until they begin to ferment. Then press out 
all the juice and put in a bag or jar and fill full, reserving some to 
fill up with. Let it work over the top and fill up as it needs it until 
it stops working, then rack it off and put it in a clean barrel and 
cork lightly. 

REGENT'S PUNCH. 

Mrs. Richmond Pearson, Asheville, N. C. 

Contributed by Mrs. Portieux Robinson, Richmond, Va. 

Two lbs. of loaf sugar, 2 large cups of strong black tea, 6 wine- 
glasses of brandy, 6 wineglasses of rum, 4 oranges, juice only, 4 
lemons, 1 large lump of ice, 2 quart bottles of champagne, put in 
just before using. 

LEMON SHERBET. 
Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two qts. of water, 4 lemons, the whites of 6 eggs, 1 lb. 6 oz. 
of sugar, 1 pt. of cream. Mix half the sugar and eggs beaten to a 
stiff froth. The balance of sugar with lemon and water and then 
mix all together. Make just before ready to freeze. 



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ROBERT E. LEE PUNCH. 

Charleston, S. C. 

Through Mr. Coulter Bryan Carmichael, Virginia. 

As the name would indicate this punch is dear to the hearts as 
well as palates of the Southern people and is used always to enter- 
tain distinguished guests. All the Presidents and distinguished po- 
tentates have drunk deep of this delicious concoction. In spite of a 
declaration of a distinguished Southerner, that one glass of this 
punch would make you climb the nearest lamp post, two glasses will 
make you unable to reach the lamp post, the third, alas ! will make 
you fight yourself. 

One and a half gals. (6 qts.) Jamaica rum, 8 qts. Apollinaris, 
2 lbs. sugar, I jar or can Maraschino cherries, iV 2 doz. lemons, I can 
sliced pineapple, i small tumbler raspberry cordial. Reserve 3 qts. 
of Apollinaris ; just before serving add, to produce an effervescent 
effect. It is best to place bowl of punch on a block of ice for some 
time before serving, instead of in the punch. Then look out for the 
nearest lamp post. 

PUNCH. 

Contributed by Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith. 

One and a quarter lbs. sugar, 3 pts. water, 1 pt. lemon juice, 1 
pt. Cognac, 2 pts. Jamaica rum, 1 pineapple cut up, and allowed to 
soak for 24 hours. Then strain. 

FRUIT PUNCH. 

Mrs. Villeneuve, New Orleans. 

Contributed by Miss Charlotte Mitchell, New Orleans. 

One large cup of cold tea, green or black, mixed; juice of 1 
lemon or lime; with 1 lb. of sugar make into a syrup from any sort 
of preserve. One qt. of rum or 1 qt. of sherry, chopped ice. Cold 
tea is the best foundation for any kind of fruit punches. 



ICES, PUNCHES, ETC. 193 

WESTMORELAND CLUB MINT JULEP. 

Contributed by Mr. Junius Mosby, Prcs., Richmond , Va. 

. (This must be a good recipe for this famous Virginia drink, 
for history records the fact that 3,000 were dispensed at this delight- 
ful old club the day of the unveiling of the Lee Monument some 
years ago.) 

One large bunch of mint fresh from its bed, ]/ 2 tumbler of crushed 
ice, 1 tablespoon of sugar. Crush part of your mint with ice and 
sugar, then add your whiskey (and don't look while the other fellow 
adds his), then place rest of mint in glass, with more crushed ice, 
and as an old Virginian said, " Drink, and be glad you are living." 

PENDENNIS MINT JULEP. 

Pendennis Club, Louisville, Ky. (Mr. J. A. Hadley.) 

Contributed by Miss Alice W. Richardson, Louisville, Ky. 

Into a dry silver cup put one lump of sugar, add enough water 
to soften it and then crush same, adding a very few leaves of fresh 
mint. Fill cup with crushed ice, add one jigger of Bourbon whis- 
key, stir until frost appears on outside of cup, then cover top of cup 
and contents with mint cut short and inserted stems down ; add 
straws and serve. The amount of sugar used can be varied, of 
course, to suit the taste, the less used the better for the drinker. 
The idea of covering the entire top with mint is to allow the drinker 
to get the full fragrance of the mint. 

RASPBERRY VINEGAR. 

Marie Louise Jones, Philadelphia, Pa. 1866. 

Put in stone or china jar 2 qts. of raspberries and 1 qt. of vin- 
egar. Let it stand 24 hours, strain through a sieve, pour the liquor 
over 2 qts. of fresh raspberries ; let it stand 24 hours longer, strain 
again and to each pint of juice add 1 lb. of sugar ; let boil 20 min- 
utes. Bottle when cold. 
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I94 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

FISH HOUSE PUNCH. 

Contributed by Dr. S. Naudain Duer, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two qts. Jamaica rum, i qt. brandy, 2 oz. peach brandy, 1 qt. 
lemon juice, 1 qt. water, % lb- lump sugar. Dissolve sugar in the 
water; to this add the lemon juice, then thoroughly mix all the other 
ingredients. Put in a punch bowl with 10 lbs. of ice in one block. 
Pour the mixture constantly over the ice until the ice has melted 
sufficiently to bring the total quantity up to 7 qts. or to taste. 

RHINE WINE CUP. 
Contributed by Dr. S. Naudain Duer, Philadelphia; Pa. 

One qt. Rhine wine, 1 wineglass curaqoa, 1 wineglass gin (the 
best). Mix in large mouthed pitcher with one large piece of ice. 
Just before serving enliven with two short " squirts " from a siphon 
of plain soda. The cup may be improved by a small piece of cucum- 
ber rind left in for a few minutes only, as more than the faintest 
taste of cucumber will spoil it. Serve in Apollinaris glasses with a 
few sprigs of mint. 

SHERBET. 
Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

Eight lemons, 3 oranges, rind of 1 or 2 lemons, whites of 3 
eggs, 3 pts. of water, and add more if you think it too strong, i l / 2 
lbs. sugar. 

WILD CHERRY BOUNCE. 

A receipt of Mrs. Frances Surget (nee Eliza Dunbar), of Natchez, 
Miss., and used in her family since 1791. 

Contributed by Miss Louise Puquet du Belief, of Natchez, Miss. 

Pick the cherries from the stalks, fill the bottles nearly up to the 
necks, then fill bottles full of good brandy. In 3 weeks or a month 
strain off the spirit, and to each quart add 1 lb. of clarified sugar, 
and flavor with tincture of cinnamon or cloves to suit the taste. 



ICES, PUNCHES, ETC. 195 

MRS. JUDGE SIMRALL'S RECIPE FOR EGGNOG. 

Louisville, Ky. 

Contributed by Professor Lindley M. Keasbey, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Take the yolks of 8 eggs, stir in 1 teacupful of sugar. After 
beating thoroughly, add 1 large teacupful of Jamaica rum. Set 
aside for a couple of hours or more. Just before serving add 1 pt. 
of brandy, then stir in gradually ]A gal. of whipped cream. 

THE REGENT'S PUNCH (1783). 

From Grandma Markoe's Receipt Book, 1800. 

Contributed by Mrs. James D. Winsor, Haverford, Pa. 

Three bottles of champagne, 1 bottle of curagoa, 2 bottles of 
Madeira, 2 bottles of seltzer water, 1 of hock, 1 qt. of brandy, 1 pt. 
of rum (Santa Cruz), 4 lbs. of Bloom raisins, Seville oranges, lem- 
ons, white sugar, and instead of water strong green tea. The whole 
should be well iced. 

DR. CARSON'S RECEIPT TO RELIEVE A PERSON WHOSE 
STOMACH IS CRAVING FOR ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR. 

From Grandma Markoe's Receipt Book, 1800. 

Contributed by Mrs. James D. Winsor, Haverford, Pa. 

One oz. of wormwood to 1 pt. of water; strain it and take a 
wineglass four times a day. When the weather is very hot, or the 
person appears to be exhausted, put in (quietly) a tablespoonful of 
whiskey. 

CHERRY BOUNCE. 

Captain Nicholas Moran. New York (1770). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Six qts. wild cherries. Put in to a 3-gallon demijohn, add 1^2 
gallons rum, 2 qts. water, 1 lb. loaf sugar. 



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FISH HOUSE PUNCH. 

This is the recipe used by " The State-in-Schuylkill " Club House, 
and given to Mrs. Thomas J. Barger by Mr. Rodman Wister, 
Philadelphia, Pa., who contributed it to this book. 

Two qts. of rum, i qt. of brandy, i qt. of lemon juice, i lb. of 
sugar, i wineglass of peach brandy. Water to taste. Put in a 
bowl with a lump of ice. Stir frequently and do not use for an hour. 

MULLED CIDER. 

Contributed by Mrs. Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia. 

A good drink for a cold night; used in earlier days on Nan- 
tucket by the Quakers, who had given up the use of punch. 

Heat sweet cider and to each quart add i tablespoonful of flour 
beaten until smooth in a little water. Sweeten and spice to taste; 
serve while hot. 

PLUM CORDIAL. 

An after dinner favorite at " Chachau," the famous old plantation 
near Charleston, S. C. 

Contributed by Mr. Charles Stevens, Charleston, S. C. 

Fill a jug with August " hog plums." Pour over them the 
spirits, until the jug can hold no more. Allow to remain for 2 or 3 
months. Pour off carefully and strain through a coarse cloth. 
Sweeten to taste. Be careful that children do not get the plums 
left, as they are very intoxicating. 



CREAM AND OTHER DESSERTS. 



CREAM AND OTHER DESSERTS. 

FLOATING ISLAND. 

Mrs. Roy Mason. " Cleveland," King George Co., Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take i qt. of rich cream, divide it in half. Sweeten i pt. of 
it and stir into it sufficient currant jelly to color it a fine pink. Put 
it in a glass bowl and place in the center a pile of sliced almond 
sponge cake or lady cake, every slice spread with raspberry jam, or 
marmalade, and laid evenly on one another. Have ready the other 
pint of cream flavored with vanilla and beaten to a stiff froth. 
Heap it all over the cake and serve. 

CHARLOTTE POLONAISE. 

Mary B. Garrow, Goderich, Lake Huron. 

Contributed by Mrs. Wm. A. Glasgozv, Jr. 

One large stale sponge cake, i cup rich custard, i cup of cream, 
whipped. 2 tablespoonfuls of wine, l / 2 grated cocoanut, y 2 lb. sweet 
almonds, blanched and pounded, whites of 4 eggs beaten stiff, 3 
tablespoons of powdered sugar. Cut cake in horizontal slices 'y 2 
inch thick. Divide the egg into two portions ; into one stir the 
cocoanut with half the sugar, into the other the almond paste with 
the rest of the sugar. Spread the slices with these mixtures, half 
with the cocoanut and half with the almond and replace in the orig- 
inal form, laying aside the top slice for a lid. Press all the slices 
firmly together and with a sharp knife cut the whole center of the 
sliced cake out, leaving the walls an inch thick. Then soak the 
parts removed in a bowl with the custard. Rub it smooth and whip 
it into the cream; when stiff fill the cake again, put on the lid and 
ice. 

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200 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

CHARLOTTE RUSSE. 

Mrs. Flowerree, Vicksburg, Miss. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert Lindsay Pollard, Austin, Tex. 

One half pint of milk, 4 eggs, yolks only, 54 lb- of loaf sugar, 
1 oz. of gelatine, 1 qt. of cream, 1 vanilla bean. Soak the gelatine 
in cold water 1 pt, and boil until reduced to "j/£ pt. Simmer the 
bean in milk until flavor is extracted, strain, add eggs and sugar 
and simmer custard 5 minutes. Strain gelatine into custard and set 
on ice. When beginning to set, add cream whipped light. Line 
mould with lady fingers, fill with mixture, set on ice. 

CHARLOTTE RUSSE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Portieux Robinson, Richmond, Vg, 

One oz. Cox's gelatine dissolved in less than a teacup of water. 
Make a custard of 1 pt. of milk, yolks of 3 eggs, whip to a stiff froth 
1 qt. of cream. When the gelatine is cool, but not congealed, beat 
it with the cooled custard. When cold add whipped cream ; season 
with vanilla. When thoroughly mixed pour into moulds lined with 
sponge cake or lady fingers. Set aside until stiff enough to turn 
from moulds. 

SAUCE FOR FRITTERS. 

Beat together J4 lb. of butter, ' l / 2 lb. of sugar, the yolks of 2 
eggs and a wineglass of sherry or Madeira. Stir over fire until it 
thickens. 

CHARLOTTE RUSSE. 

Mrs. Michel, Montgomery, Ala. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert Lindsay Pollard, Austin, Tex. 

One qt. of cream, one third box of gelatine, whites of 6 eggs, tea- 
cup of milk ; melt gelatine in milk. Flavor and sweeten cream to taste 
and whip firm. When gelatine begins to stiffen add whipped cream 
and lastly eggs whipped very light. 



CREAM AND OTHER DESSERTS 201 

ORANGE CHARLOTTE. 

Mrs. Edward Randall, Galveston, Tex. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert Lindsay Pollard, Austin, Tex. 

One third of package of gelatine, one third cup of water, one third 
cup boiling water, 1 cup sugar, 1 doz. lady fingers, 1 cup orange pulp 
and juice, juice and grated rind of 1 lemon, whites 3 eggs; soak gela- 
tine in cold water. Add boiling water, sugar and pint of juice. 
When it begins to congeal, beat in eggs whipped to a stiff froth. 
Line mould with lady fingers, put on ice until firm. 

WINE WHEY. 

Mrs. Richmond Pearson, Asheville, N. C. 

Contributed by Mrs. Portieux Robinson, Richmond, Va. 

One third wine (sherry), two thirds milk, scald milk and just 
before it comes to a boil stir in the wine. The curd will separate, 
then strain whey. 

CHARLOTTE RUSSE. 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

Soak 1 oz. of gelatine in a pint of milk 10 minutes, then place 
over the fire and stir until dissolved. Remove and when cool beat 
thoroughly. Flavor 1 qt. of cream with 1 large teaspoon of vanilla, 
1 small wineglass of brandy, powdered sugar to taste. Pour the 
mixtures together and whip thoroughly. Have moulds lined with 
lady fingers, fill with the above and place on ice until needed. 

BISQUE GLACE. 

Mrs. Richmond Pearson, Asheville, N. C. 

Contributed by Mrs. Portieux Robinson, Richmond, Va. 

One quart of rich cream whipped, whites of 10 eggs beaten 
light, 1 oz. of isinglass dissolved in as little water as possible and 
flavor to taste. Stir altogether and freeze. 



202 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

CHARLOTTE RUSSE, 

Mrs. Nicholas Roosevelt, of New York. 

Contributed through Mrs. Lily Latrobe Loring, Washington, D. C. 

Cake. — Three eggs, pinch of salt, i cup of sugar, i Y\ cups of 
flour, half a lemon, i teaspoonful of cream of tartar, y 2 spoonful of 
soda dissolved in warm milk. Russe. — Three fourths pt. of cream 
fwell whipped, 2 cups of sugar, whites of 3 eggs beaten light, y 2 
glass of wine, vanilla, tablespoon of gelatine dissolved in warm 
water. 

VIRGINIA BELLE FRITTERS. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Put a piece of butter the size of an egg into a pint of milk. 
Thicken when it comes to a boil with 1 pt. of flour; stir it on the 
fire until the flour is cooked. Pour in a wooden bowl, add 5 eggs, 
one at a time and beating each one well in. Put a pint of lard in a 
pan and when it boils drop one fritter in at a time from the point of 
your spoon. 

APPLE SPONGE. 

Bessie Fraser, Qoderich, Lake Huron. 

Contributed by Mrs. Win. A. Glasgow, Jr. 

Boil 1 lb. of sugar in a 'y 2 pt. of water until clear, then add 1 
pt. of sliced apples. Soak 1 oz. o,f gelatine, add with rind and juice 
of 2 lemons. Beat until cold and slightly stiffened, then add beaten 
whites of 2 eggs and put in mould to set. Serve with custard made 
with yolks of eggs, or else use whipped cream. 

RUM SAUCE. 

Mrs. Richmond Pearson, Asheville, N. C. 

Contributed by Mrs. Portieux Robinson, Richmond, Va. 

Whip stiff the whites of 3 eggs, add 2 tablespoons of pulver- 
ized sugar, 2 tablespoons cream, 2 of rum, 2 of brandy. 



JELLIES. 



JELLIES. 

WINE JELLY. 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings, Cambridge, Mass. 

Use the whole of a box of gelatine dissolved in a pint of cold 
water, letting it stand 10 minutes. Add a pint of boiling water, 
stirring as you pour it in, and stir until it has all dissolved. Add 
a pint of Sicily Madeira wine, the juice and peel of i lemon, ;j lb. 
sugar. Then boil and stir continually with the whites of 2 eggs 
well beaten. Let it boil up once, then take off immediately and let 
it stand one minute. Pour boiling water into your flannel bag, 
wring out and keep it warm near the fire. Pour the mixture in 
and let it drip through, never squeezing it, and never letting it touch 
what has already gone through the bag. 

WINE JELLY. 

Contributed by Mrs. Porticu.v Robinson, Richmond, Va. 

One and one half pints of cold water, \y 2 pts. boiling, i l /> pts. 
wine, juice of 2 lemons, rind of one sliced thin and boiled with -)4 
lb. of sugar. Whites of 2 eggs, bunch of raisins, 1 box Cox's gela- 
tine. Let it boil clear and run through strainer; 20 minutes or half 
hour boil ; put less water if the weather is warm ; 1 pt. of hot, 1 pt. 
of cold water, but never less wine. 

WINE JELLY. 

Contributed by Mrs. Earl B. Putnam, Philadelphia^ Pa. 

One box of Cox's gelatine dissolved in a pint of cold water.- 
1 )4 lbs. of sugar, the juice of 2 lemons, 1 pt. of good sherry wine. 
Boil 1 qt. of water, add to it a few small sticks of cinnamon. Pour 
this while boiling on the gelatine ; as soon as dissolved stir in the other 
ingredients. Strain and put away to cool. 

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206 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

CALVES' FOOT JELLY. 

Mrs. Dangerfield, Alexandria, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Virginia. 

Prepare very carefully 4 calves' feet, hoofs taken off, etc. 
When boiled to pieces in about 2 qts. of water, pour them through a 
colander. When cold take all the grease off. There should be 
from 4 feet about i,y 2 pts. of jelly; pour on this 1 qt. of wine, 
juice of 6 lemons strained from seeds, \]/ 2 lbs. granulated sugar, 
2 blades of mace, the rind thinly peeled from 2 lemons. Wash 8 
eggs clean, beat the whites to a froth, crush the shells and put them 
with the jelly. Set on the fire, stir until jelly is melted and do not 
touch it afterwards. When it has boiled until it looks quite clear 
on one side and the drops accumulate on the other, take off the 
thickest part of the drops, pour the jelly into a bag which should 
be made of coarse cotton. Put back what runs through until it is 
transparent. 

WINE JELLY. 

Soak a box of gelatine in a pint of cold water. Squeeze the 
juice of 1 lemon into it and let it stand for half an hour. Then add 
2^4 lbs. of lump sugar. Pour in a quart of boiling water and add a 
pint of best cooking wine. 

APPLE JELLY. 

Mrs. Thompson. 

Core and cut 2 doz. apples into quarters, boil with the rind of 
a lemon until tender. Drain off juice, strain through a jelly bag 
and to each pint add 'V2 pt. sugar and x /z oz. gelatine, previously 
soaked and simmered gently in x /y pt. of water. Boil altogether 
slowly for 15 minutes and strain into moulds. Turn out when cold 
and serve, surrounded with whipped cream or custard. If jelly 
is not perfectly clear after straining beat up white of eggs and add; 
bring to a boil and skim, then strain again. 



JELLIES 207 

THERE IS NO FINER CRAB APPLE JELLY IN APPEAR- 
ANCE AND TASTE THAN AUNT ZEKEL'S. 
Contributed by Miss F. Virginia Baldwin, Orange, N. J. 

Cut Siberian crab apples to pieces, but do not pare or remove 
the seeds. The latter impart a peculiarly pleasant flavor to the 
fruit. Put into a stone jar, set in a pot of hot water and let it boil 
8 or 9 hours. Leave in the jar all night covered closely, next morn- 
ing squeeze out the juice and allow pound for pint, and manage as 
you do currant jelly. Should the apples be very dry add a cup of 
water for every 6 pounds of fruit. 

TO MAKE JELLY WITH ISINGLASS. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take 2 J / 2 oz. of isinglass, soak it in cold water for ]/ 2 hour. 
Strain it and pour on it y 2 gallon of boiling water. When cold add 
i l / 2 lbs. of sugar, 1 qt. of good sherry and juice of 4 lemons, the 
whites and shells (washed carefully) of 6 eggs. Stir well before 
putting it on the fire. Let boil clear, but do not stir. Add 1 gill 
of cold water. Strain through bag on rind cut thin of the lemons. 
Strain through bag a second time if not clear. 

RECIPE FOR CALVES' FOOT JELLY. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

To 8 calves' feet carefully prepared, put 1 1 qts. of water and 
let boil 7 hours. Skim well. When cold set aside to congeal. 
Take \y 2 gal. -of the stock and add 3 pts. of wine (sherry), 3 lbs. 
sugar, \y 2 doz. lemons from which value juice, i l / 2 doz. whites of 
eggs, 1 bunch of raisins. The rind of 2 lemons peeled thin. Let 
boil 20 minutes from the time it begins to boil. Run through 
strainer. 



2o8 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

APPLE JELLY. 

Mrs. Joseph Patterson (1840). 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Bell Flower apples, pared, quartered and thrown into cold 
water. A syrup made of ^4 lb- of sugar to 1 lb. of fruit; boil until 
clear; when half boiled cut 1 lemon to every 3 lbs of fruit. For 
apple jelly 1 lb. of sugar to 1 pt. of juice. Boil until clear. 



PASTRY. 



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PASTRY. 

MINCE MEAT. 

A very old English receipt, 1800- 1905. 

Contributed by Beatrice Bickerton-Fox (Mrs. L. Webster Fox), 
Havcrford, Pa., U. S. A. 

H. R. H. the Duke of Sussex, who was a constant visitor at 
Lleweny. being a close friend of Mr. Bickerton, was so fond of this 
mixture that Mr. Bickerton sent M. Baumeister to St. James Palace, 
where the Duke lived, and where the great chef became chief of the 
culinary department. This chief Christmas dish was introduced and 
has been used in the kitchens of the Royal Family for many, many 
years. These two recipes were old in 1800, when they were used 
at Lleweny Hall. Denbighshire, North Wales, by Mrs. Bickerton, 
Great Grandmother to the contributor. Originally a beef tongue 
or' round of beef was added, but M. Baumeister, chef at Lleweny 
Hall, eliminated the solid meat and substituted beef suet. 

One pound of Demarara sugar, 1 lb. of Sultana raisins, 1 lb. 
of Valencia raisins, 1 lb. of black currants, 1 lb. of best beef suet, 
finely chopped, 1 lb. of best apples, finely chopped, ^ lb. of Cardian 
citron peel, 4 lemons, skins peeled, boiled and chopped, juice strained, 
4 nutmegs finely grated, 1 tablespoon of salt, 1 gill of old Jamaica 
rum, r gill of old French brandy. Mix well together in deep pan- 
mug with well fitting lid. 

PASTRY. 

Contributed by Mrs. Mary Palmer Bispham, Overbrook, Pa. 

One qt. of flour ; w r ork in it Y\ lb. of lard, water enough to make 
a stiff dough. Roll out and put -)4 lb. of butter in the dough in 
little pats. Dust flour over it thickly, and roll it. Put aside half an 
hour, roll out three times and bake. 

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212 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

MINCE MEAT. 

This is the old Wager recipe, given to me by my great Aunt 
Anne Elizabeth Wager, who was the granddaughter of Philip Wager, 
who was a member of the First Philadelphia Dancing Class. 

Contributed by Fanny Neif Ewing, Mrs. Samuel Ewing, Brym 

Mawr, Pa. 

One large beef's tongue, fresh boiled and chopped, 2 l / 2 lbs. of 
raisins, stoned, 2^/2 lbs. of dried currants, 2]/ 2 lbs. of beef suet, 
chopped fine, ]A lb of citron, cut fine, ']/ 2 lb of brown sugar, 12 pippin 
apples, pared and chopped, juice and grated rind of 4 lemons, juice 
and grated rind of 2 oranges, 3 nutmegs grated, 1 teaspoon of 
ground cloves, 1 teaspoon of allspice, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1 
bottle best brandy, 1 bottle of sherry or madeira. Mix well to- 
gether, put in a stone crock, pour on brandy and wine; mix well 
again, cover and let it stand. Try in a day or two and if necessary 
add more seasoning. 

SQUASH PIE. 

Contributed by Mr. Mark L. Requa, Oakland, Cal. 

Use pie plate 9^2 inches diameter, i]/ 2 inches deep. Take 2]/ 2 
cups milk, 4 eggs well beaten, 1 large cup cooked squash, passed 
through a sieve, 1 cup sugar. Mix thoroughly, bake slowly, set to 
cool. Beat J / 2 cup of cream stiff, and spread over top of pie. Cups 
mentioned are large coffee cups. 

PUFF PASTE (VERY GOOD). 

Miss Charlotte Mitchell, New Orleans. 

One half pt. of flour, 3 tablespoons butter, 2 of ice water. Mix 
flour and butter together with a knife, make a hole in center and put 
in ice water. Roll out three times. Then put on ice for an hour or 
more. In cold weather a little more water is needed. Do not touch 
with hands. Cook in a hot oven. After it puffs pinch with a fork 
two Or three times. 



PASTRY 213 

A FAMOUS LEMON PIE. 

Made in its perfection by Mary Robertson Haivkins, a great-great- 
granddaughter of Jonathan Law ( last Colonial Governor of Con- 
necticut), and contributed by her daughter, Mary E. Chandon. 

One egg, 1 teacup ful of granulated sugar, 1 lemon, grated rind 
and pulp. After grating the rind, the lemon is carefully peeled so as 
not to break the sections, which must be picked apart, all the thin 
skins and seeds taken off and the pieces of pulp put on a plate to catch 
any drops of juice. The egg is slightly beaten with a fork in a shal- 
low bowl or dish, yolk and white together, then the sugar is added 
gradually, then the grated rind, pulp and juice of the lemon. A pie 
plate has been lined with a rich puff paste, in which the mixture is 
poured, then with crossed narrow strips of the puff paste, cut with a 
jugging iron. Bake in a sufficiently hot oven for the mixture to rise, 
it will fall when cold ; when slightly brown cover lightly with a paper 
until the crust is well baked. This pie has no upper crust and is 
very rich and delicious if the directions are strictly followed. 

AUNTY'S MINCE MEAT. 

Mrs. Prescott Adamson, Germantown, Pa. 

Three lbs. beef suet chopped fine, 6 lbs. Sultana raisins chopped 
fine, 6 lbs. cooking apples chopped fine, 3 lbs. currants picked, 
washed and chopped fine, 4 large lemons, juice and rind grated, 1 
lb. sweet almonds chopped, 1 oz. butter, 4 grated nutmegs, 1 tea- 
spoon cloves, 1 lb. sugar, 1 lb. citron, 1 pt. cider, 1 pt. brandy, 1 
glass of plum or peach jam. Cover with brandy, paper, and add a 
little spirits every time you take any from jar. 

DELICIOUS COCOANUT PIE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One large or 2 small cocoanuts, 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of milk, 
4 eggs, 3^2 cups of sugar. Bake in good rich crust. 



214 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

MINCE MEAT. 

From the old book of Elizabeth Van Rensselaer, married Sep- 
tember 1 8th, 1787, to John Bradstreet Schuyler. 

Contributed by Mrs. Francis Chamber's Great Granddaughter. 

Two pounds of tongue (boiled), iy 2 lbs. of suet, 2 l / 2 lbs. of 
currants, 1 lb. of raisins (stoned), 1 lb. of citron cut small, y± oz. 
of mace, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger, 1 lb. of powdered 
sugar, 2 lemons, 6 tablespoons of rose water, 1 pt. of wine, 1 pt. 
of brandy and a little salt. When you make the pies, chop a pippin 
fine and add to the mince meat. 

LEMON PIE. 

Bristol, R. I. 

Contributed by Miss Minnie Perry. An old receipt. 

Three cups powdered sugar, mix well with 1 cup butter, then 
beat 4 eggs and add to the butter and sugar, 1 cup of cream or milk, 
the juice and grated rind of 2 lemons, two thirds of a cup more 
cream, and 3 or 4 Burt's Boston Crackers grated in will make them 
nice, though less rich. 

MINCE MEAT. 
My Great Great Aunt, Lydia Jones, about the year 1800. 

Contributed by Elizabeth W. Paul Morris, Mrs. Fred'k Wistar Mor- 
ris, " Dundale," Villa Nova, Pa. 

Meat /beef or tongue) 2 lbs., suet 1 lb., brown sugar 2 lbs., 
currants 2 lbs., raisins 2 lbs., citron y 2 lb., apples chopped 1 lb., 
wine 1 pt., brandy 1 pt., cinnamon ~y 2 oz., 1 nutmeg. I have 
changed the recipe somewhat. I use y lb. of lemon peel and }4 
of orange peel, the grated rind of 3 or 4 lemons, also the juice, and 
I add the brandy (2 tablespoons) at the time of baking, and I use 
cider instead of wine, but either way it is very good. 



PASTRY 2 i$ 

MINCE MEAT. 
Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton. 

Eight lbs. of beef, 2 lbs. of suet, 6 lbs. raisins, 6 lbs. currants, 1 lb. 
of butter. The grated rind and juice of 6 lemons and oranges, spices 
to taste, with cloves, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg, ^4 peck of ap- 
ples, 3 pts. of brandy, 3 pts. of wine, 7 lbs. of sugar. 

This receipt was used by Mrs. Joseph Worrall, Jr., who resided 
at 136 South Sixth street, opposite Independence Square. Her hus- 
band was first Captain of the Washington Guards when they were 
first formed in Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Worrall was born in 1806. 
and many of these receipts belonged to Mrs. John F. Evans. 

MINCE PIE. 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings, Cambridge, Mass. 

Contributed by Mrs. Morris Longstreth, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Four lbs. boiled meat, iy 2 lbs. suet, 2 lbs. chopped raisins, \]/ 2 
lbs. currants, \]/ 2 pts. of water in which the meat was boiled, 1 
great spoonful of cloves, allspice, cinnamon, 3 of salt, 1 pt. of 
molasses, 1% lb. brown sugar, 3 nutmegs grated, 1 spoonful of 
mace, 3 gills of brandy, i l / 2 pts. cider, 1 pt. sherry wine, citron at 
pleasure. Meat and suet to be chopped very fine and all thoroughly 
mixed. In 2 weeks add a gill of brandy. Add chopped apple to 
this meat as each pie is made. 

MINCE PIES. 

Madam Stephen Ward, East Chester, N. Y. (1760). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Maivr, Pa. 

Four and }i lbs. nice beef, 2 l /> lbs. suet, 7 lbs. brown sugar, 
7 lbs. tart firm apples, 1 pt. dark molasses, 1 qt. sweet cider, 1 pt. 
good Sherry, 1 pt. good brandy, .7 lbs. mixed fruit, raisins, currants 
and citron, 2 oz. ground nutmeg, 2 oz. cinnamon, 1 oz. allspice, l / 2 oz. 
cloves. If too sweet lemon juice may be added. 



2 i6 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

TO MAKE GOOD PASTRY. 
Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Two lbs. of flour, i ]/ 2 lbs. of butter and good lard mixed. Place 
on ice until cold. Then chop it up in the flour in small bits. Mix 
with ice water with a knife, putting the hand into it as little as possi- 
ble. Turn on paste board and roll thin. Cut into three pieces with 
knife, put one piece on top of the other, and roll out again, doing this 
three times. Bake in a moderately hot oven after shaping as you 
desire. 

MINCE MEAT. 

Contributed by Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson, Chestnut Hill, Pa. 

Two large fresh tongues boiled and chopped (this quantity makes 
5 large cupfuls) ; ]/ 2 basket greening apples, 7 cupfuls; 3 lbs. suet 
chopped fine, 3^ cupfuls; 7 lbs. raisins stoned. 6 cupfuls; i'j4 lbs. 
currants, 2 cupfuls ; 1 j4 1 DS - citron cut fine ; 4 nutmegs grated, 3 table- 
spoonfuls of powdered cinnamon, 3 tablespoonfuls allspice, 3 oranges, 
juice and rind, 3 lemons juice and rind, 7 lbs. of sugar, 1 qt. of good 
brandy, 1 qt. good sherry. Mix all together, adding salt and pepper 
plentifully. Add orange when making pie. 

THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER'S RECIPE FOR MINCE 

MEAT. 

Take 3 large lemons and squeeze the juice. Boil the rind and 
the pulp in two or three waters in order to extract the bitterness. 
Pound in a mortar until they are as smooth as butter. Add 134 lbs. 
of beef suet free from skin and chopped very fine, 1 lb. of currants, 
}i lb. of raisins, 1 lb. of brown sugar, % lb. of almonds, blanched 
and chopped very fine, y 2 lb. of citron cut in thin pieces, 1 large tum- 
bler of brandy, 1 lb. of chopped apples, cloves, mace, nutmeg, ginger 
each 1 tablespoon, 1 teaspoon salt, 3 wineglasses of sherry and nearly 
1 qt. of cider. This is a very old recipe and in an old book, loaned 
by a distinguished Virginia family. 



PASTRY 217 

LEMON CREAM PIE. 
Contributed by Mrs. W. Hincklc Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Six eggs, 1 large lemon, 9 tablespoons of sugar, 3 tablespoons of 
water. Take the yolks of the eggs, juice and grated rind of the 
lemons, 6 spoons of sugar and the water. Mix together and after 
beating light, cook in the custard boiler, stirring constantly until it 
becomes a custard, then stir in part of the whites (previously beaten 
with the remaining 3 spoons of sugar). Take at once from the fire, 
put in dish or on pie as desired. Spread the remainder of meringue 
on top and brown. 

MINCE MEAT. 

Mrs. Edward Jacquelin Smith, King George Co., Va. 

Three lbs. of fruit consisting of sultana raisins, Smyrna and citron. 
3 lbs. of chopped apples, 2 l / 2 lbs. suet and cold round of beef or 
tongue, 3 lbs. best brown sugar, 6 teaspoons of spices consisting of 
mace, nutmeg, allspice and cloves, also cinnamon ; y 2 teaspoon of 
cayenne pepper, the rind of a large lemon, 1 oz. of preserved orange 
peel, ]A pt. of Madeira, l / 2 pt. of best French brandy, x / 2 pt. of old 
Jamaica spirit. Mix all well together and let stand some days before 
using. Cover a dish with light puff paste, fill with mixture. Cover 
with paste and serve hot. 

BAKED APPLE DUMPLING. 

Mrs. C. V. F. Greenwood, Middletown, N. J. 

Make a rich pie crust, pare and core some apples, fill each apple 
with a tablespoon of white sugar. Place on top of each apple a small 
piece of butter. Fold pastry around each apple and after they are 
placed in oven put a small piece of butter on top of each. Almost 
cover the dumplings with cold water. Add 1 tablespoon of sugar to 
each dumpling and grated nutmeg. Bake about 2 hours, keep them 
covered the first hour then remove cover. No other sauce except that 
in pan will be necessary. 



218 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

LEMON CHEESE CAKES. 

Mrs. Roy Mason, " Cleveland," King George Co., Va. 

One pound of sugar, 6 eggs, the juice of 3 lemons, the rind finely 
grated, 34 lb- of butter. Stir over a slow fire until the mixture 
thickens. Bake in a puff paste adding at the time about 6 finely- 
pounded crackers. After baking lay over top some finely cut pieces 
of citron or preserved lemon rind. 

LEMON PIE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Edzvard I. Clinton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

The rasping and juice of 3 lemons, 5 eggs, 3 cups of white 
sugar, 3 cups of water, 3 tablespoons of flour. Keep out the whites 
of 3 of the eggs for the top of the pie. Beat whites to a stiff froth 
and add sugar (pulverized). After pie is baked spread over the 
top. Put in oven a few minutes to brown lightly. This is delicious. 

MINCE MEAT. 

Mrs. Roy Mason, " Cleveland," King George Co., Va. 

One lb. of chopped suet, i}4 lbs. chopped apples, 1 lb. of raisins, 
Y-2 lb. of currants, 34 lb. of citron, i J / 2 lbs. brown sugar, 1 pt. of 
wine, "Y2 pt. of brandy, 1 pt. of cider, 1 tablespoon of nutmeg, mace, 
allspice, cloves and ginger. 

MINCE MEAT. 

Contributed by Mrs. Goodfellow. 

One lb. of beef or tongue or heart, 1 lb. of suet, 1 lb. of sugar, 
1 lb. of raisins, 1 lb. of currants, "y 2 lb. of citron, 2 lbs. of apples, 1 pt. 
of wine, 1 pt. of brandy, y 2 oz. of cinnamon, 1 whole nutmeg, 34 oz - 
cloves, 34 ° z - mace, the rind of 1 orange pounded. Boil the meat be- 
fore chopping, seed raisins, wash and pick the currants, slice citron, 
pare, core, and chop the apples. Mix together the liquids last. The 
weight is for the articles after they are prepared for mixing. 



PASTRY 219 

WASHINGTON PIE. 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings, Cambridge, Mass. 

Contributed by Mrs. Morris Longstreth, Philadelphia, Pa. 

For the outside, take 3 eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1 teacup of flour, 
1 teaspoonful cream of tartar in the flour, one third teaspoonful 
soda dissolved in 2 tablespoonsful of milk. This makes two round 
tins. For the inside, take 1 teacup of flour, 2 eggs, 1 cup of sugar, 
beat together and pour into a pint of milk when boiling. Season 
with Yz teaspoonful of lemon or vanilla extract. 

SWEET POTATO PIE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Morris R. Stroud, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Make a rich flaky pastry. Take 3 large sweet potatoes, boiled 
and mashed. Break 5 eggs, beat very light, add to the potatoes, then 
add 'Yz lb. of butter, 34 lb. of sugar, the grated peel of two lemons and 
the juice of one, 1 grated nutmeg, 1 wineglass of wine, 1 of brandy. 
Mix well together and bake in your pastry. 

MRS. EDWARD SHIPPEN'S DIRECTIONS FOR MINCE PIE. 

Sent by Mrs. Lea, December 12th, 1796. 

Contributed by Mr. and Mrs. John Cadzvalader, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One lb. of beef or tongue. i l /> lbs. currants, i l / 2 lbs. suet, 1 lb. 
of raisins, 1 dozen apples, sugar, salt, wine, brandy, spice, citron, lime 
juice, nutmeg, lemon peel, to your taste. 

MOLASSES PIE. 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud. 

. Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia-, Pa. 

Prepare regular pie crust in pan. Spread with brown sugar then 
layer of molasses, small pieces of butter, another layer of crust, brown 
sugar and molasses and butter. Put in oven to bake. 



220 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

CREAM PIES. 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa, 

Two cups of white sugar, 2 cups of flour, 6 eggs separate, 2 tea- 
spoons of cream of tartar in with the flour, y 2 teaspoon of soda dis- 
solved in 2 tablespoonfuls of boiling water; bake in 4 jelly cake pans. 

Cream for the Pies. 

One pt. of milk put on to boil in farina boiler, when boiling stir 
in Y^ of a cup of flour or a tablespoonful of cornstarch made smooth 
with a little milk, yolks of 2 eggs, % of a cup of sugar, flavor with a 
little vanilla. 

PUMPKIN PIE. 

Miss Schuyler, New York. 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

One pumpkin prepared, 1 pt. of milk boiling, 2 tablespoons of 
butter, 2 cups of brown sugar, 1 large cup of dark molasses, pinch of 
salt and mace, 3 tablespoons of ginger, 2 tablespoons of cinnamon. 
Mix ginger and cinnamon with a little of the pumpkin until smooth. 
Add the boiling milk, then the pumpkin, and boil 15 minutes. Beat 
4 eggs light and stir in, not boil as for custard. Put in paste while 
hot. This makes three large pies. 

LEMON PIE. 

Mrs. Nicholas Roosevelt, of New York. 

Contributed through Mrs. Lily Latrobe Loring, Washington, D. C. 

One lemon, grate the rind and squeeze the juice, 1 tablespoonful 
of flour, 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of water, yolks of 3 eggs. Boil all' un- 
til quite stiff. When the pie is baked a light brown cover with the 
whites of the eggs beaten to a froth with sugar, brown again in the 
oven. 



PASTRY 



221 



PUFF PASTE. 

Mrs. Rumsey, Chestnut Hill, Pa., 1800. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One lb. sifted flour, l / 2 lb. butter, y 2 - lb. lard, pinch of salt, 1 
tumbler ice water. Chop the lard into the flour until fine, add water, 
flour board well, roll out, divide butter into three equal parts, sprinkle 
one third over paste in tiny pieces, fold up and pound, roll out again, 
repeat same process three times, roll out thin, and cut in pieces as de- 
sired, chill thoroughly before using. 

CREAM PIES. 

Mrs. Marie Louise Bailey, Philadelphia. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two teacups of white sugar, 2 teacups of flour, 6 eggs, 2 tea- 
spoonfuls cream of tartar, 'y 2 teaspoon of soda dissolved in 2 table- 
spoonfuls of boiling water. 

Cream for the Pies. 

One pt. of milk, 2>Va cu P s °f flour, H CU P °f su g ar > 2 e g'g s , only 
using the yolks. The pies must be cold when the cream is added. 



PUDDINGS. 



PUDDINGS. 

LEMON PUDDING. 
Contributed by Mrs. Morris Hacker, Philadelphia, Pa. 

(This is a very old and good receipt, and if one has paste in the 
house, can be used for dessert if an unexpected friend comes in to 
dinner.) 

Quarter pound butter, and quarter pound of sugar beaten to a 
cream, the yolks of 3 or 4 eggs beaten. Add to the above the grated 
rind and juice of one lemon, large; add the whites of the eggs well 
beaten, last, and cook in a slow oven. The top must be brown. Do 
not put whites of eggs on top. Serve hot. Spread this mixture 
on a good rich crust. Except for the crust, this pie can be made 
while one is dining. (If lemons are small, three are enough.) 

BLANC-MANGE. 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings. 

Contributed by Mrs. Morris Longstreth, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One fourth box gelatine dissolved in milk for a half hour. Boil 
a pt. of cream, pour it over the gelatine, adding 2 tablespoonfuls of 
powdered sugar. When it begins to stiffen, stir in ']/ 2 pt. more 
cream. Stir continually now till shape is taken. A whole vanilla 
bean must be put in the cream while beating, and then taken out when 
all is cooling. 

FRENCH PLUM PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles Brinton Coxe, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One-fourth lb. sifted flour, ]/\ lb. bread crumbs, l /± lb. currants, 
% lb. raisins, 2 chopped apples, a little citron, y 2 lb. suet', l / 2 lb. of 
sugar, of which half must be browned to caramel, 1 small glass of 
brandy. Boil 3^2 hours in mould and eat with wine sauce. 
IS 225 



226 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

PUDDING. 

One of the most famous recipes in the private cook book of Mrs. 
Mary Logan, widow of the Late General John A. Logan, is for the 
preparation of a citron pudding, which was a great favorite with his 
friends. 

Contributed by Mrs. John Beverly Roberts, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

One qt. milk (fresh), i pt. stale bread crumbs carefully grated, 
4 e gg s » l coffee cup powdered sugar, 'y 2 lb. citron cut fine, *4 lb. 
butter, juice and rind of i lemon. Beat yolks and sugar together. 
Add bread crumbs, milk and lemon rind by degrees. Pour into a 
buttered dish, drop citron in and place bits of butter over all. Bake 
half an hour, then cover with a meringue made of the 4 whites, a cup 
of powdered sugar and the juice of a lemon. Brown slightly before 
serving. 

Chestnut pudding. 

Italian Recipe From Bordighera, Italy. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles M. Andrezus, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Boil Italian chestnuts, pass them through a potato masher. Fill 
the pudding dish with a layer of meringue (whites of eggs beaten up 
with powdered sugar) then cover the top with chestnuts and heap 
around the edges of the dish with whipped cream. 

MRS. OTIS' DIRECTIONS FOR A COMMON INDIAN PUD- 
DING. 

Contributed by Mr. and Mrs. John Cadwaladcr, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take half pint of fine Indian meal, in a clean pan, and pour on 
it one quart of boiling milk. Stir it well, put one spoonful of salt, 
and one gill of molasses. The pan for baking must be well buttered 
when the pudding is put into it, and when in the pan, and ready for 
baking, pour on it a teacup of milk, sweetened with molasses. It 
must bake five or six hours, slowly. 



PUDDINGS 227 

ROYAL ICED CABINET PUDDING. 
Contributed by Mrs. Sara Yorke Stevenson. 

(This receipt, when well carried out, is fit for Kings, Lucullus or 
Brillat-Savarin.) 

One lb. of candied cherries, y 2 lb. green gages, 1 lb. stale sponge 
cake y 2 lb. pulverized sugar, 1 pt. of cream, 1 pt. of milk, 1 tumbler 
of sherry (good wine), or maraschino, 6 eggs, 1 vanilla bean, 1 box 
of gelatine. Take a mould with a lid and place in a pan of ice until 
very cold. Soak the gelatine, boil the milk, whip the yolks of 6 eggs 
light, add ']/ 2 lb. of sugar. Strain the gelatine with the milk as it 
boils, then add the eggs and sugar, being careful it does not curdle. 
When this custard is cool, add the stiffened whipped cream, and add 
the vanilla bean. Then take your mould and put in a little of the 
custard. Cut up cake and soak the slices in the sherry. Cut your 
gages into halves or quarters, removing the stones. Put a layer of 
cake, then one of custard, then one of the fruits and so on until the 
mould is filled. The outside may be more or less decorated with 
fruit, according to taste. Put on ice for three hours at least. Serve 
as you would ice cream on silver dish (cold) and garnish with whipped 
cream and fruit. 

BREAD PUDDING. 

Mrs. Catherine Leaf Smith, Reading, Pa. (1800). 

Contributed by Mrs. J. Fr alley Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Three pints of milk to one baked loaf of bread. Take half the 
milk and soak the bread in it. Work it through the colander, using 
the rest of the milk to do it. Add half pound butter, eight eggs, and 
sugar to taste, half of a nutmeg, half teaspoon of cinnamon, 1 glass 
of brandy and one pound raisins. The dish must be well greased. 

French Dip for the above Pudding. 

One fourth lb. butter, i J / 2 cups sugar, beat very light, then add 
enough boiling water to make a thick cream. Flavor to taste. 



228 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

COCOANUT PUDDING. 
Contributed by Miss Mary Lapsley-Pyle, Philadelphia, Pa. 

This receipt is one of my great-grandmother's, Mrs. Joseph B. 
Lapsley. 

Take i good-sized cocoanut, cut skin or rind off (after it is taken 
from the shell). Grate it fine, i lb. of white sugar made into a rich 
syrup, merely sufficient water to make it, using also the milk of the 
nut. Put grated nut into the syrup and let it boil a few minutes. Beat 
4 eggs very light, if you choose leave out the whites. After the 
cocoanut is tolerably cooled, beat whole mixture well together. Put 
it in a dish deep enough to hold the above, and bake it from 20 minutes 
to 'y 2 hour. If a paste is preferred, this quantity will make 2 pud- 
dings, if not, 1. A little salt is required. Brandy, small quantity, is 
an improvement. A few blanched almonds stuck on top add to the 
appearance as well as taste. 

PLUM PUDDING. 

Mrs. Mary Fontaine Cosby, Louisville, Kentucky (1820). 

Contributed by her great-granddaughter, Mrs. Alice C. Slaughter, 
Louisville, Ky. Through Miss Alice W. Richardson, Louis- 
ville, Ky. 

Pour over five teacups of bread crumbs, enough scalding milk- 
to moisten them — about a pint or a little more — add to the bread 
crumbs and milk, two large iron spoonsful of flour, a teacup brown 
sugar, teaspoon of salt, a cup of chopped suet, four beaten eggs, tea- 
spoon of cinnamon, 1 of ginger, 1 of allspice and y 2 of cloves. Have 
three teacups of raisins that have been seeded and cut in half, the 
same of currants and a large piece of citron sliced thin, some candied 
orange and lemon peel, some almonds blanched and cut in half, or 
pecans. At the last put in a teaspoon of soda dissolved in a very 
little hot water. Boil four hours. Stick blanched and split almonds 
all over it, and pour on some brandy or whiskey and burn. 



PUDDINGS 229 

MILK BISCUIT. 

Mrs. Deborah Shoemaker. 1800. 

Contributed by Mrs. Ellen Shoemaker Busby, Airs. Duncan Law- 
rence Busby, Philadelphia, Pa. 

(This recipe was used by my great-great-grandmother, and has 
been in our family for more than one hundred years.) 

One pint of milk, butter and lard together the size of an egg, 
1 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, % yeast cake, flour enough to 
make a soft dough. Heat milk, add butter, lard, salt, sugar ami 
yeast cake, dissolved in y 2 cup lukewarm water. Stir in flour, beat 
well and stand away to raise in a moderately warm place. In about 
five or six hours make into small biscuits, place in pans and again 
allow to raise. When very light bake y 2 hour in a quick oven. 
Care should be taken that the dough is very soft and well beaten 
with a wooden spoon. It should never be kneaded. 

DELICIOUS SNOWDON PUDDING. 

Llanberis, Wales. 

Contributed by Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One pound sugar, 1 lb. beef suet, 1 lb. bread crumbs, 1 lb. 
lemons (grate the skins and squeeze the juice), 1 lb. eggs, brandy 
according to taste. Mix all together and boil for about six hours. 
The yolks only of the eggs used. 

A BOILED RICE PUDDING. 

From Her Great-Grandmother Rodney's Receipe Book. 

Contributed by Mrs. Samuel V. Merrick, Germantown, Philadelphia. 

Take a quarter of a pound of rice and y 2 pound of raisins. Tie 
them in a cloth so as to give the rice room to swell. Boil it so two 
hours and serve it up with melted butter and sugar and grated nut- 
meg thrown over it. 



230 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

A PUDDING. 

By Miss Cary Randolph of " Edgehill," Virginia. A Great- 
Great-Granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson. 

Contributed by Mrs. Edward Jacquelin Smith. A Great-Great-Great- 
Granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson, Fredericksburg, Va. 

One pint of bread crumbs, i quart of cream, i teacup of white 
sugar, yolks of 4 eggs, grated rind of 1 lemon. Beat yolks, sugar 
and lemon together and stir in the crumbs. Bake a light brown. 
When it is done spread over the top currant jelly, or any small 
preserve; beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, spread on top, 
serve either hot or cold. 

NANTUCKET INDIAN MEAL BANNOCK. 

Contributed by Mrs. Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia. 

Scald two cups of Indian meal with one quart of milk, mix thor- 
oughly until perfectly smooth. When cool add 6 eggs, whites and 
yolks beaten separately, 1 cup of sugar and a teaspoonful of salt. 
Bake one hour and a half in a moderate oven. 

NEW ENGLAND INDIAN PUDDING OR " SUNDAY MORN- 
ING PUDDING." 

Used by Elizabeth Rodman of New Bedford, 1800. 

Contributed by Miss Hannah Fox, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Boil 3 quarts of milk, stir in 1 lb. of Indian meal, 1 tablespoon 
of salt, 3 gills of molasses. Put in a well heated oven at 5 P.M., 
cover at 10 P.M. — let stay in oven until morning; turn out of baking 
pan and serve warm. 

This pudding was originally made to be baked in a brick Dutch 
oven but can be made in a range with the door left partly open all 
night. It is eaten for breakfast with cream. It should be about the 
consistency of hot corn meal mush and have a jelly-like deposit at the 
bottom of the pan. 



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231 



SWEET POTATO PUDDING. 

This receipt is from an old book compiled by Mrs. Goodfellow, 
who was famous in Philadelphia in the last century. Her receipts 
have long been out of print. 

" Elizabeth Pyewell." 

Contributed by Mrs. John H. Easby, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Grate 3 or 4 good sized raw sweet potatoes. Lay some slices 
of good butter in a dish, on this sprinkle some of the grated pota- 
toes, about one half. Grate in the potatoes ]/ 2 a nutmeg and a 
very little cinnamon, and scatter over 2 large spoonfuls of brown 
sugar, then the rest of the potatoes, more butter and sugar and mix 
1 wineglass of rosewater and a cup of cream together and 1 wine- 
glass of wine and brandy mixed. Stir all these ingredients well 
together. Bake very slowly 2 hours, and serve hot as a dessert. 

APPLE PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Pare, core and slice as many apples as you can conveniently place 
in your dish. Add sufficient sugar to sweeten them and 2 tablespoons 
of grated orange or lemon peel. When partly done pour over them a 
batter such as you make for light puddings and bake quickly. To be 
eaten with sauce. 

FIG PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One cup of molasses, 1 cup of chopped suet, 1 cup of milk, 2>Ya 
cups of flour (sifted before measuring), 2 eggs, y^ teaspoon salt, 
1 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, y 2 teaspoon nutmeg, 1 pt. 
of figs. Mix together molasses, suet, spice, and figs cut fine. Dis- 
solve soda with 1 tablespoon of hot water, and mix with the milk. 
Add to the other ingredients. Beat eggs light and stir into mixture. 
Add flour and beat well. Butter the mould and steam 5 hours. Or 
it may be boiled 3 hours. Serve hot with foamy wine sauce. 



232 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

OLD ENGLISH PLUM PUDDING. 

1800. 

Contributed by Beatrice Bickerton-Fox {Mrs. L. Webster Fox), 

Haverford, Pa. 

One lb. of Demarara sugar, 1 lb. black currants, 1 lb. of Sultana 
raisins, 1 lb. of Valencia raisins, 1 lb. of French plums, 1 lb. of 
apples, chopped, 1 lb. of best beef suet, finely chopped, 1 lb. of fresh 
bread crumbs, 1 lb. (6 to 8) fresh eggs, 3 oz. sweet almonds, blanched 
and chopped, 4 lemons, skin grated and juice, *4 lb- of candied citron 
peel, 4 large nutmegs, grated, 1 gill of Jamaica rum, 1 gill old French 
brandy. 

Mix all thoroughly well together ; place in heavy porcelain ba- 
sins tying each basin in heavy pudding cloth ; boil 4 hours when mixed 
and four hours when used. Serve with hot sauce flavored with 
brandy. 

WHITE PLUM PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Half cup of sugar, ^4 CU P of butter, 4 eggs, 1 pt. of milk, 1 qt. 
of flour, very little salt, 2 even tablespoons Royal Baking Powder, 
J /2 cup citron cut fine, y 2 cup raisins seeded, ]/ 2 cup currants, nutmeg 
and vanilla flavoring. Beat the eggs, add sugar, butter, salt, and 
milk. Stir all in the flour in which the fruit has been mixed. Just 
before cooking stir in the baking powder. Boil or steam 2 hours. 
To be eaten with sauce. Sauce — Butter, sugar, flour, and wine, 
cream consistency. Served hot. 

COCOANUT BLANC-MANGE. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, New York. 

Make Blanc Mange by ordinary recipe, only a trifle sweeter. 
Just before taking off stove stir in 1 grated cocoanut. Then pour 
into shapes. 



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ENGLISH PLUM PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs. Francis M. Boykin, Richmond, Va. 

Mix 2 soup plates of raisins, 2 of currants, 2 of citron and a little 
candied orange peel, 2 of beef suet, 2 of bread crumbs, 2 of sugar, 
2 of flour. These must be heaping plates; 1 doz. eggs beaten sepa- 
rately and 1 pt. of milk. If you have only 8 or 9 eggs it will take 
1 qt. of milk. Season with a ]/ 2 tumbler of brandy, 3 or 4 nutmegs 
grated, 2 pinches of allspice. After mixing up the ingredients, tie 
the pudding up in a strong cloth and boil 7 hours. This pudding 
will keep for months in the winter. Cut off a piece the size you 
wish to serve and put in a tin mould. Put mould into boiling water 
until the pudding is hot through. Turn into a dish and pour over a 
little alcohol and set on fire. Serve with a rich sauce seasoned with 
nutmeg and brandy. An old and tried recipe and most delicious 
one. 

CONTINENTAL PUDDING. 

Mrs. Albor Man, Plattsburg, N. Y. — 1806. 

Contributed by Mary Helen Livingston* Lloyd, 

Mrs. Horatio Gates Lloyd, Havcrford, Pa. 

One quart of milk, y 2 pint of fine bread crumbs, 3 eggs — yolks 
only, 1 cup of sugar, small piece of lemon, grated rind of lemon. 
Bake. Whip the whites of the eggs with a cup of fine sugar, add 
juice of the lemon. When the pudding is cold spread over it jelly 
or sweetmeats, then the meringue and brown lightly. To be eaten 
cold. 

HAMBURG CREAM. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, Nciv York. 

Five eggs, 2 lemons, l / 2 lb. powdered sugar. Beat yolks with 
juice and grated rind of lemons, also sugar. Put on fire and let it 
come to a boil. Then add quickly the whites beaten light. Stir all 
together, take off and put in shapes until cold. 



234 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

PLUM PUDDING. 

Brought from " Moi Ellen " near Dublin, Ireland, by my Great- 
Grandmother, Mary Phelps Robinson, when she came over on 
a visit in 1830 — she being about fifty. 

Contributed by Mary Helen Livingston Lloyd, 
Mrs. Horatio Gates Lloyd, Haverford, Pa. 

Two lbs. of raisins, 2 lbs. of currants, 1 lb. of suet, y 2 lb. of 
citron, 8 eggs, 1 large loaf of soft bread grated fine, 1 cup of brandy, 
1 cup of syrup, 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of flour. Tie into a cloth but- 
tered 1 -16 of an inch and dredged with flour — making a ball — then 
boil three hours. Keep a plate under pudding in kettle to prevent 
burning. Turn out of cloth carefully while hot and serve with burn- 
ing brandy — also use hard sauce. 

MARMALADE PUDDING. 

A. M. Lewis, Goderich, Lake Huron. 

Contributed by Mrs. William A. Glasgow, Jr., Philadelphia. 

1 breakfast cup of bread crumbs, 1 breakfast cup of suet chopped 
fine, 3 eggs well beaten, 2 tablespoons of marmalade, 1 tablespoon 
of cream, 1 wineglass of brandy. Mix well together. Butter the 
mould well and sift a little white sugar over it. Steam for 4 hours. 

TAPIOCA PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs. Earl B. Putnam, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Soak 4 small tablespoons of tapioca (not the pearl) in a quart 
of fresh milk over night. The next morning put this on the fire 
in a farina kettle, and when it comes to a boil add the yolks of 4 
eggs, well beaten, and sugar to your taste. A wineglass of brandy, 
a pint of cream, and the grated peel of 1 lemon, then add the well 
beaten whites of the eggs. Heat the whole mixture in a farina kettle, 
then pour into a pudding dish and bake for y 2 an hour in a pan of 
hot water. 



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FRUIT PUDDING. 

Mrs. G. T. Hewlett, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Contributed by Mrs. James Crosby Brown, Rosemont, Pa. 

Six ounces of chopped apples, 6 ounces of bread cr«mbs, 6 
ounces of beef suet picked fine and chopped, 6 ounces of sugar. 6 
ounces of raisins (seeded), 6 ounces of currants, 6 eggs, and a 
little citron sliced fine. Put all together and boil in a close form 3 
or 4 hours. Sauce for pudding. Mix well J4 pound of sugar, 2 
ounces of butter and boil for a few minutes. Then draw off the 
fire and add when not too hot, 1 beaten egg. Have a wineglass of 
sherry and add just before taking from the fire. ' 

POTATO PUDDING, VERY GOOD. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia. 

One half lb. of butter, ']/ 2 lb. of sugar, y 2 lb. Irish mashed potato, 
l / 2 gill of cream, 5 eggs, the grated rind of an orange or lemon, 1 
teaspoon of nutmeg and 1 of cinnamon, y 2 glass of good brandy. 
Mash potatoes with butter and cream and when cold add other in- 
gredients and bake in puff paste. 

ENGLISH PLUM PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs. Malcolm S. Councill, Bryn Mazvr, Pa. 

Sixteen eggs, 1 cup of flour, 1V2 lbs. of muscatel raisins, i>)4 
lbs. of currants, 1 lb. of sultana raisins, 2 lbs. of brown sugar, 3 lbs. 
of bread crumbs, 2 lbs. finely chopped suet, 6 ounces of candied 
orange peel, the same of lemon and citron, 1 oz. ground nutmeg, 1 oz. 
cinnamon, y> powdered bitter almond, }4 P mt of brandy. Stone and 
cut the raisins, do not chop them ; cut the candied peel in thin slices. 
Mix all the dry ingredients first ; then beat the yolks of the eggs, strain 
into the pudding. Beat whites until stiff and put in last. Boil 6 or 8 
hours. 



236 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

PLUM PUDDING. 

Mrs. Vogels. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Twdve eggs well beaten, 12 spoonfuls of flour, 12 spoonfuls of 
sugar, 1 lb. of beef suet, 1 lb. of stoned raisins, y 2 lb. of currants, y^. 
lb. of citron, 1 wineglass wine and brandy mixed, 1 nutmeg, 1 tea- 
spoon cinnamon, ']/ 2 wineglass of milk, 1 teaspoon of cloves. Beat 
the eggs well, chop the suet fine and mix by degrees, flour, sugar, etc., 
and last of all the wine and spices. Beat the mixture thoroughly and 
tie your bag close to the mixture and boil 8 hours. Sauce. 

SAUCE. 

Mix butter, flour and plenty of sugar in the proportion of y 2 lb. 
of sugar, *4 lb. of butter, y 2 pt. of water, wine and nutmeg to taste. 
Boil the sauce well. 

BOILED FLOUR PUDDING. 

R. T. West. 

One pint milk, flour enough to thicken, little salt, 3 eggs beaten 
separately, yolks put in first, even teaspoonful saleratus dissolved in 
a little warm water, a very small piece of butter, and lastly add the 
whites of the eggs. Boil 1 hour in mould or bag in boiling water 
and flour the inside of it. 

PUDDING SAUCE. 

E. W. HORSTMAN. 

Contributed by Mrs. Walter D. Horstman, Philadelphia. 

One quarter lb. of butter (melted), }i lb. of sugar, 2 eggs well 
beaten, 1 tumbler full of wine. Boil all together a few minutes. Mix 
in 1 pint of the juice of fresh strawberries. 



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LEMON KISS PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two lemons, 4 eggs, two thirds of a tumbler of boiled milk. 10 
tablespoons of sugar. Grate the lemons and to the rinds and juice 
add the beaten yolks of the eggs, the sugar, and the milk. Stir quickly 
together, have ready a baking dish lined with paste, and pour the 
mixture into it. Bake until the crust is done. About a half an hour 
is usually required. Then cover the whole with the whites of the 
eggs beaten to a stiff froth with 4 tablespoonfuls of sugar. Brown 
delicately in the oven. This pudding is very nice cold as well as hot, 
and the same quantity will make two or three pies, which should be 
covered with the meringue in the same way. 

PERFECTION PLUM PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs. G. H. Ellerbe, New Orleans, a Famous Southern 

Housekeeper. 

Two lbs. of cup cake crumbs or sponge cake, 2 lbs. of raisins, t 
lb. of currants, 1 lb. of citron, 1 cup of shelled pecans, 1 cup of 
blanched almonds, 1 tablespoonful level of allspice, the same of ginger. 
2 teaspoons of cloves, 2 teaspoons of nutmeg, 2 teaspoons of cinna- 
mon, 1 cup of sugar, 2 cups of sifted flour, 1 cup of milk, 1 cup of 
butter, y 2 cup of brandy. Rub butter and sugar together, add eggs 
one at a time, then flour and milk, then cake crumbs toasted and 
ground. Soak spices in brandy and add to mixture. Cut almonds 
and pecans in rather large pieces and citron in thin slices, seed raisins, 
wash currants, and add to batter. Put in pudding mould and boil 
steadily for 5 hours. Serve with liquid sauce, seasoned with brandy 
and whipped cream. When pudding is placed on table pour brandy 
over it and light. This greatly improves flavor and makes an ideal 
Christmas dish. This receipt has been used many years and is in- 
fallible. About 34 the quantity will make a pudding to fill a 1 lb. 
yeast powder can which makes a good mould. 



238 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

ENGLISH XMAS. PUDDING. 

London, England, 1800. 

The English make several puddings early in the winter and use 
them as they require them. They consider that they are better if kept- 
some time before using. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles C. Duggin, New York. 

One lb. raisins, 1 of currants, 1 of Sultanas, 1 of orange and 
citron candied peel mixed, and 1 of suet, a pinch of salt, 8 oz. flour, 
8 oz. bread crumbs, ^4 lb. sugar, 1 nutmeg, 1 teaspoonful mixed 
spices, grated rind of 1 lemon, 10 eggs, brandy to taste. When well 
mixed, pack closely in bowl and tie very tightly in cloth. Boil 5 or 6 
hours. Can be kept for months without removing the cloth, and 
when required can be heated by boiling for an hour before serving. 

PLUM PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton, Philadelphia. 

One lb. of suet chopped very fine, 1 lb. of crackers, 1 lb. of sugar. 
1 lb. of citron, 1 lb. of raisins, 8 eggs, 1 coffee cup of brandy and 
wine mixed, 1 cup of milk, 1 tablespoon of flour, 2 tablespoons of 
mixed spices, 1 tablespoon of salt. Divide it into small puddings. 
Steam 5 hours. When wanted steam 1 hour. 

PLUM PUDDING. 
A very old recipe. . 
Miss Schuyler, New York. 
Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Coffee cup of white sugar, y 2 lb. of suet chopped very fine, 1 
lb. of dried bread crumbs, 6 eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately, 
allspice, a little cloves, cinnamon, and 1 nutmeg, 1 pt. of milk, 1 lb. 
of currants, 1 lb. of dried raisins, *4 lb. of citron well dredged with 
flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, whites of eggs last. Boil be- 
tween 4 and 5 hours. 



PUDDINGS 239 

ENGLISH PLUM PUDDING. 

H. HORTON, GODERICH, LAKE HURON. 

Contributed by Mrs. William A. Glasgow, Jr., Philadelphia. 

One lb. of raisins, y lb. of flour, 1 lb. of suet chopped fine, 
1 lb of currants, y lb. of stale bread crumbs, ]/ 2 nutmeg grated, 
34 lb. of brown sugar, 5 eggs, grated rind of 1 lemon, y 2 pint of 
brandy, y 2 lb. minced candied orange peel. Mix all dry ingredients 
together. Beat the eggs, then add them to the brandy and thoroughly 
mix all together. Boil 6 hours ; this will make 6 pounds. 

ECONOMICAL PLUM PUDDING. 

One and one half cups of flour, 1 cup of brown sugar, 1 cup of 
grated suet. 1 cup stoned raisins. 1 cup currants, 1 cup grated carrots. 
1 cup of grated potatoes, y± cup minced orange peel, spices and 
flavoring to taste. 

Sauce. 

1 tablespoon cornstarch, 2 tablespoons butter, y 2 cup brown 
sugar, 4 tablespoons grape or apple jelly, spices and flavoring to taste. 
Beat cornstarch, sugar and butter together in a saucepan at a mod- 
erate heat, wet with hot water a little at a time. Add hot water 
as required and boil until cornstarch is cooked. Equal to any plum 
pudding. 

i 

SWEETMEAT PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Cover your dish with a puff paste, take candied lemon peel, 
orange and citron of each 1 ounce sliced very thin. Lay on bot- 
tom of your dish. Beat the yolks of 8 eggs, 2 whites, y 2 lb. of 
sugar, y 2 lb. of butter, a little mace. Beat all well together, when 
the oven is ready pour it over the sweetmeats. One hour or less will 
bake it. the oven must not be too hot. 



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BAKED INDIAN PUDDING. 

Grandmother Hannah Wadsworth. 

Contributed by Mrs. F. S. Burrows, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One quart milk, one third cup of yellow corn meal, i cup sugar, i 
cup molasses, 3 eggs, 2 tablespoons butter, ]/ 2 teaspoon cinnamon. 
Heat the milk to the boiling point, stir in the meal and let it just 
boil. Remove from .the fire and add butter, sugar and molasses. 
When it is cooler, add the eggs, etc. Bake in rather slow oven for 
about an hour. Serve with butter for a sauce. Some put raisins 
in the pudding. 

SNOW PUDDING. 

Mrs. W. V. R. Watson, Houston, Tex. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert L. Pollard, Austin, Tex. 

Dissolve 'Yz box of gelatine in a tea cup of cold water, 1 cup 
sugar, 1 pt. of boiling water, juice of 2 lemons, 1 qt. of milk, 4 eggs, 
1 cup of wine, 1 tablespoon of cornstarch, 1 teaspoon of vanilla. 
Soak gelatine 1 hour, add boiling water and stir until melted. Add 
lemon juice, sugar, whites of eggs beaten stiff, milk and wine. Beat 
15 minutes. Pour in mould lined with lady fingers. Set on ice. 

ICED RICE PUDDING. 

Mrs. Joseph Patterson. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia. 

One cup of rice well boiled in 1 cup of water, then mashed 
smooth, add 1 qt. of milk, yolks of 3 eggs, rind of one lemon, 5 
tablespoons of sugar. Put on fire and stir until boiled to a custard, 
then turn into a shallow dish. Beat light, whites of 3 eggs with 
juice of 1 lemon, 6 spoons sugar. Pour on the custard and let brown 
in the oven. 



PUDDINGS 241 

A DELICIOUS DESSERT. 

H. Herton, Goderich, Lake Huron. 

Contributed by Mrs. William A. Glasgow, Jr., Philadelphia, 

One cup of tapioca, soaked in plenty of water over night. In the 
morning drain off most of the water, place on back of stove, cook 
until clear. Add to this when about half cooked one tin of grated 
or shredded pineapple, juice of 2 lemons, 2 cups of sugar, and whites 
of 3 eggs beaten stiff. Serve with whipped cream. 

FIG PUDDING. 

Mrs. Russell Robinson, Nelson County, Va. 

l / 2 lb bread crumbs, l / 2 lb. figs, 6 oz. brown sugar, *4 lb- suet. 
2 oz. flour, 2 chopped apples, enough milk to make a batter, 6 eggs 
well beaten, ]/ 2 nutmeg. Boil 4 hours. 

APPLE DUMPLINGS. 

Mrs. William Coxe. 

Boil 12 good sized potatoes, mash them very smooth. Mix them 
while hot with 1 qt. of flour (no water), beat well with flour and 
roll it out. Pare and core apples, put a little cinnamon or grated 
lemon or orange peel in the hole from which the core is taken. Roll 
the paste thin, wrap and tie each apple in a cloth, and boil them. 

CUP CUSTARD. 

Ellen Gallagher. 

Contributed by Mrs. J Falter Horstmann, Philadelphia, Pa. 

To 1 qt. of milk add the yolks of 6 eggs, 1 tablespoonful of 
brandy, sweeten to taste. Beat the yolks and sugar together, add the 
brandy, and the scalded milk, put into cups in a pan of water, and 
bake in a moderate oven 20 minutes. 

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FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 



CHERRY ROLL. 
Mrs. Heloise Minor, Norfolk, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Six medium sized Irish potatoes, i large spoonful of butter, y 2 
teaspoon of salt, flour enough to make a paste. Mash potatoes smooth. 
Add butter and salt, then the flour. Roll it out in a strip longer than 
wide. Lay over it the fruit. Roll it up and tie in a floured bag. It 
must boil steadily i hour and water boiling when put in. Serve 
with sauce. 

TAPIOCA AND CANNED PEACHES. 

Contributed by Miss Josephine Barry Meeks, New York. 

Soak 'y 2 a pt. of tapioca several hours or over night in y 2 a pt. 
of water. Fill a baking dish two thirds full of peaches taken out of 
syrup, sprinkle with sugar and bake from 20 to 3b minutes. . Add 
Yz a pt. of peach syrup to the tapioca and when it boils add 1 
gill of boiling water, 1 gill of white sugar, pour over peaches and 
bake half an hour. 

RED RICE. 

Contributed by Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One lb. flour, y 2 lb. suet chopped fine, Y\ lb. dried currants, pinch 
of salt mixed with the flour. Mix with water rather stiff. Make 
into dumplings and roll in dry flour. Drop into boiling water and 
boil about 1 hour. 

INDIAN PUDDING. 

Lucy Detwiler. 

Contributed by Miss F. Virginia Baldzuin, West Orange, N. J. 

Pour 1 pt. of boiling milk over y 2 pt. of sifted Indian meal with 
34 cup of butter in 'y 2 cup of sugar, add y 2 cup of molasses and pour 
in the mixture. When cool stir in 3 well beaten eggs, add cinnamon, 
nutmeg and brandy. Beat the whole well, pour into a buttered pud- 
ding dish, bake 1 hour, serve hot with wine sauce. 



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PLUM PUDDING. 

Madam Stephen Ward, East Chester, N. Y. (1760). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Six eggs, 1 lb. raisins, 1 lb. currants, 1 lb. suet chopped fine, 
]/ 2 lb. white bread crumbs, l / 2 lb. flour, l / 2 lb. citron, 1 pt. sherry 
or Madeira, 1 pt. milk, 1 tablespoonful ginger, ]/ 2 an orange 
peel chopped fine, and l / 2 a lemon peel. Put in a mould or tie in a 
cloth, and boil for 6 to 8 hours if in a cloth, but longer if in a mould. 

"ADAM'S PUDDING." 

Contributed by Mrs. Edwin S. Cramp, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Grate 8 mellow apples, x / 2 a lb. of sugar, l / 2 a lb. of butter, 3 eggs, 
T 4 lb. of grated bread, flavor with a teaspoon full of vanilla and bake a 
half hour. The whites of 3 eggs beaten until they stand alone, 
shake 1 tablespoonful of granulated sugar into the whites of the eggs, 
beating all the time until the sugar is dissolved, add 1 teaspoonful 
of vanilla put on top of pudding, brown in quick oven 5 minutes. 
This pudding may be eaten hot with cream. 

A QUAKING PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs-. lames T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One pint of cream. 6 eggs, half the whites, beat well and mix 
with the cream. Add ]/ 2 nutmeg and a little salt. Put in the 
crumbs of a light loaf and 1 tablespoon of rice flour first mixed with 
a little of the cream. Butter a cloth well and flour it, put in your 
mixture. Do not tie it too closely. Have a pot of boiling water 
ready, put in and let it remain half an hour. Serve with a sauce. 



244 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

RICE PUDDING. 
Contributed by Mrs. Portieux Robinson, Richmond, Va. 

Beat 6 eggs with 12 tablespoons of sugar, then add gradually 

2 teacups of rice that has been boiled soft and 1 tablespoon of 
butter (heaping). Season with grated nutmeg or lemon. Add at 
last 1 quart of cream or rich milk. Put in dish and place in oven. 
When you put it in cover so it will not brown too quickly. Just as 
soon as done remove from oven as it becomes watery. 

SUET PUDDING. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller. • 

One cup suet chopped fine, 1 cup raisins, 1 cup currants, 1 cup 
molasses, 1 cup of milk, 2 l / 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoonful of baking pow- 
der, y 2 teaspoonful of cinnamon and nutmeg, a little candied lemon, 
chopped. Boil 3 hours. 

NEST PUDDING. 

Marie Louise Hoxie, 1859. 

Contributed by Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Make the foundation of jelly or blanc mange, rasp the skin of 

3 lemons and preserve it. Lay it around in the jelly like straw. 
Take out the contents of 4 eggs through a small hole. Fill the 
shell with blanc mange. When cold break off the shells and lay the 
blanc mange eggs in the nest. 



SAUCES FOR PUDDINGS. 



SAUCES FOR PUDDINGS. 

FOAMY SAUCE. 

Contributed by Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Three eggs well beaten, 2 cups of pulverized sugar, 1 cup of 
cream, y 2 a cup of sherry. Beat eggs to a cream, adding sugar 
gradually, also the cream whipped lightly, then the wine and beat all 
together. 

CHOCOLATE ICING. 

Contributed by Mrs. John Poe. Baltimore, Md. 

One quarter lb. chocolate, 2 teacups sugar, one third cup milk. 
Heat milk, add grated chocolate ; heat thoroughly, then add sugar. 
Cook in hot water until thick. Add teaspoon vanilla and lump of 
butter or tablespoon butter. Place on and between layers of cake. 

PUDDING SAUCE. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Six heaping tablespoons of sugar, l / 2 lb. of butter, worked to 
a cream, then add 1 egg beaten light, 1 wineglass of wine or brandy, 
1 nutmeg grated. Let boil hard 10 minutes. 

LEMON CUSTARD FOR TARTS. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, New York. 

One lb. pulverized sugar, *4 lb. butter, yolks of 6 eggs, whites 
of 4, juice and rinds of 3 lemons. Beat yolks and sugar to a 
cream, then add whites unbeaten one at a time. Beat the whole very 
light. Beat butter to a cream and add this to it. Now put into a 
bowl and stand in a kettle of boiling water. Stir until thickens, take 
off and let cool. 

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24 8 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

FOAMY SAUCE. 

Contributed by Mrs. J. Frailey Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

i tablespoon butter, I cup powdered sugar, 2 eggs, 1 wineglass 
sherry, a little nutmeg. Beat the butter and sugar to a very light 
cream and add the eggs, first well beaten. Then the sherry little by 
little, and nutmeg. Stand the bowl into the top of a boiling tea kettle, 
beating all the time rapidly till it softens, but not melts at the bottom, 
say for 1 or 2 minutes. Serve at once. 

YELLOW SAUCE FOR PUDDINGS. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, New York. 

Cream ]/\ cup of butter. Add gradually 1 cup powdered sugar. 
When light add gradually the yolks of 3 eggs, and whites of 2 beaten 
light. Flavor with sherry. Stand in bowl in pan of boiling water. 

SAUCE FOR CAKES AND PUDDINGS. 

Mrs. Edward Fisher, Lee Camp, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. Norman Randolph, Richmond, Va. 
One half cup of butter and 1 tablespoonful of flour rubbed 
together; 1 cup of white sugar, 1 pt. hot water. Boil until some- 
what thick. Season with vanilla, mace or brandy. 

WINE SAUCE. 

Mrs. B. M. Angle, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. Norman Randolph, Richmond, Va. 

Half a cup of butter worked to cream with 2 cups of granulated 
sugar. Pour into it a pint of rum or wine, and boiling water. Boil 
10 minutes and keep hot until needed. 



CAKES. 



CAKES. 

MOLASSES CHEESE CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Alice Cabell Palmer, Nelson County, Va. 

Pastry, 2 ordinary coffee cups of flour, ]/ 2 teaspoon ful salt sifted 
together. Work in 1 coffee cup of lard and butter mixed. Lastly 
add l / 2 coffee cup ice water. Divide into three after mixing and roll 
out very thin. This amount of pastry will line three pie plates six 
inches in diameter. Get all the materials for the filling before you be- 
gin the pastry. After rolling out and lining the plates in the stove, 
which must be at degree of heat suitable to cook biscuit, then as 
quickly as you can work together in a bowl 1 cup butter, 2 cups brown 
sugar, 1 teaspoonful extract of vanilla. Beat whites and yellows of 
eggs separately, mix together in another bowl. Add cup sweet milk 
with dessert spoonful of cornstarch. Add this to the sugar, butter 
and molasses. Beat for a few minutes and fill the pie plates in the 
stove. Cooking the pastry a few minutes before adding the filling 
prevents the pastry from having a heavy, soggy look. In summer use 
2 l / 2 cups flour to cup of lard and butter. Cook until well risen and 
brown on top. 

CRULLERS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One half cup butter, 1 lb. of sugar, 8 eggs, y 2 tea cup sour cream, 
a little saleratus in half the milk, flour enough to roll them out, a little 
nutmeg and mace. 

APEAS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One half lb. of butter, l / 2 lb. of sugar, 2 eggs, 1 lb. of flour, a little 
water, y^ teaspoon of soda. Roll very thin and bake in a quick 
oven. 

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252 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

CORN STARCH CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Paul C. Lee, Birmingham, Alabama. 

i lb. of sugar, $4 lb. of butter, y 2 teaspoon of soda, i teaspoon 
of cream tartar level, j4 lb. of flour, 'j4 lb. of cornstarch, 10 eggs. 
Cream sugar and butter very light, mix cream tartar in a little water 
and add it to the 10 eggs one at a time stirring in but not beating. 
Sift flour and cornstarch thoroughly together and add to batter. Last 
of all sift in soda very carefully. Flavor with almond or vanilla. 
Bake in biscuit pan, cut in squares and ice. 

GRAND DUKE CAKE. 
Mrs. Alex Delgado, New Orleans. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert L. Pollard, Austin, Tex. 

(White part) the whites of 3 eggs, 1 cup white sugar, 1 cup 
butter, y 2 cup sweet milk, l / 2 cup cornstarch, 2 cups of flour, 2 level 
teaspoons baking powder, flavor with lemon. 

(Dark part) yolks of 3 eggs, 1 cup brown sugar, r / 2 cup milk, l / 2 
cup butter, 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of chopped raisins, 1 tablespoon of 
molasses, 2 level teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon mixed spices. 
Bake in jelly cake pans and put boiled icing in between. 

GINGER SNAPS. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, New York. 

1 pt. molasses, 1 cup of butter, 1 tablespoonful ginger, 1 allspice, 
5 cups flour and 1 cup of sugar. 

FRENCH DOUGHNUTS. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, Nezv York. 

One quarter lb. of sifted flour, 2 oz. butter in pan with a gill of 
water. When boiling stir in the flour, stir until very thick, then take 
off and let cool. Then add 4 eggs one at a time, beating well. Drop 
in deep boiling lard and roll in cinnamon and pulverized sugar. 



CAKES 253 

DOLLY MADISON'S WHIM. 
A Very Old Recipe. 
This is Mrs. Dolly's own favorite cake, and was taken from the 
original book. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 
One lb. of flour, 1 lb. of sugar, 1 lb. of butter, 1 lb. of raisins 
stoned and chopped, 6 eggs and a wineglass of brandy, 1 nutmeg, 
a tablespoon of mace, 1 dessertspoon of soda dissolved in a wineglass 
of hot water. Beat the butter to a cream, rub the yolks of the eggs 
and the sugar together, add the butter, whip the whites to a stiff froth, 
add alternately with the flour, then the brandy and the nutmeg and 
lastly the soda. Stir the whole mixture lightly and quickly and bake 
in a deep pan with the same heat required for pound cake. 

SAND TARTS. 
Mrs. Washington Hopkins, Lancaster, Pa. 

Two lbs. of flour, 2 lbs. of sugar, rubbed together, 1*4 lbs. of 
butter, wet them with 3 eggs, roll them out, then sprinkle cinnamon 
and sugar over them and put on tins with a blanched almond put in 
the middle of each cake. They must be rolled out very thin. 

SPONGE CAKE. 
Contributed by Mrs. Charles Duggin, New York. 
Six eggs, ' T / 2 lb. of powdered sugar, y[ lb. of flour sifted. Beat 
yolks of eggs together until very light. Beat whites until they stand 
alone. Add the sugar, then the yolks, stir flour in very lightly. 

DOUGHNUTS. 
Contributed by Airs. Edwin I. Clinton, Philadelphia, Pa. 
2 cups sugar, 1 cup sour cream, 1 teaspoon saleratus, 3 eggs, 
flour enough to make them stiff ; swim in lard. 



254 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

SOFT GINGER CAKE. 
Contributed by Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One half lb. of butter, 2 teacups of sugar, 6 eggs, one pint of 
molasses, 6 teacups of flour, 1 of cream, 1 teaspoon of soda dissolved 
in the cream, ginger, cinnamon and other spices to the taste, 1 wine- 
glass of brandy. Lemon or orange peel grated. 

CURRANT DUMPLINGS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

A Danish dish brought from the Island of Santa Cruz. 
One and a half pints red currants, y 2 lb. raspberries. Stew the 
currants gently until the juice flows freely, add raspberries just before 
the currants are done, strain, sweeten to taste, add ground rice as for 
blanc-mange. Put in mould -and serve cold with cream. 

RAILROAD CAKE. 

Three eggs, two thirds cup butter, beat well together, 3 cups of 
flour, 1 cup of milk, iy 2 cups of sugar, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, 1^ 
teaspoons of cream of tartar. 

A FAMOUS RECIPE, LEMON PUFF. A DELICIOUS DES- 
SERT. 
Contributed by Mrs. Robert H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Three oz. butter, 3 oz. flour, 3 oz. sugar, 8 eggs, i l / 2 pts. milk. 
Stir sugar and butter and flour on fire in a nice saucepan until well 
mixed, then have ready the boiling milk. Stir this in gradually. Put 
all on fire and cook until you think done, stirring all the time. Set 
saucepan in a vessel of boiling water, it is less apt to burn, then pour 
this into bowl. When quite cool stir in seasoning, either acid of 2 
lemons or juice of 1, or chocolate, or whatever you like. Then stir 
in 8 yolks, then the whites beaten very light. Pour into baking 
dish and bake 25 or 30 minutes. Eaten either cold or hot. 



CAKES 255 

FRUIT CAKE. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Twelve eggs, 1 lb. of brown sugar, 1 lb. of butter, 1 lb. of flour, 
1 lb. of raisins, 1 lb. of currants, 1 lb. of citron, 2 nutmegs grated 
fine, 1 tablespoon of mace and cloves, y 2 tumbler of brandy, 1 wine- 
glass of sherry. Flour your fruit before stirring into mixture. 

DUTCH CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One and one half cups sugar, 1 cup of milk or cream, 4 eggs, 
1 cup of yeast, -)4 cup of butter, enough flour to make a stiff batter, 
]/ 2 nutmeg, 1 cup of currants or raisins. 

GINGER NUTS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One lb. of flour, 1 lb. of brown sugar, 1 lb. of butter, y 2 lb. of 
ginger, 1 qt. of molasses, allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves. Add 
flour last, roll thin and bake in small cakes. 

CINDERELLA PUFFS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Six eggs beaten until very light, add 6 tablespoons of flour, add 
1 qt. of milk. Bake in buttered cups in a quick oven 20 minutes. To 
be served hot with butter and sugar. 

CLOVE CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. B. F. Had duck, Chicago, Ills. 

One lb. of flour, 1 lb. of sugar, l / 2 lb. of butter, 5 eggs, 1 teaspoon 
bicarb, of Soda, 1 tablespoon of cloves, 1 tablespoon cinnanom, 1 
saucer of chopped raisins, 1 cup of sour milk, pinch of salt. 



256 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

ALMOND CAKE. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two eggs, i cup of sugar, 2 cups of flour, y 2 cup of butter, '^2 
cup of milk, 1 teaspoon of cream tartar rubbed in the flour, l / 2 teaspoon 
of soda dissolved in. milk, blanch a'nd slice *4 1°- °t almonds. After 
putting the cake in a square stove pan in oven spread the almonds over 
the top of cake and sprinkle also over cake white sugar. When done 
cut in squares. 

QUAKER CAKE. 
Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia,, Pa. 

Three cups of sugar, 1 cup of butter, 5 cups of flour, 6 eggs and 
1 teaspoon baking soda. Cream sugar and butter together, then add 
eggs and flour alternately, last add baking soda. 

JUMBLES. 
Contributed by Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One half lb. of butter, y 2 lb. of sugar, a little over y 2 lb. of flour, 
the whites of 2 eggs, rasping and juice of a lemon. Drop them in a 
pan with a spoon. 

CREAM CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Edwin J. Clinton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Four cups of flour, 3 cups of sugar, 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of 
cream, 5 eggs, 1 teaspoon saleratus. Beat butter and sugar together, 
then add the rest. Bake a little over an hour. 

GINGER POUND CAKE. 

One half butter creamed, add y 2 lb of brown sugar, r pint of 
molasses added, alternate with 5 cups of flour, 5 eggs beaten very 
light, 1 tea cup of sour milk, 1 teaspoon of soda dissolved in milk, 
1 tablespoon sugar, 1 of cinnamon. 



CAKES 257 

SPONGE CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Earl B. Putnam, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One lb. of sugar granulated, 1 pint of flour, 1 lemon, 10 eggs, 
beat yolks of eggs with sugar to a cream, then add the whites 
of the eggs, which must be beaten very stiff, then flour gradually, 
then rind and juice of lemon. Bake in a moderate oven. 

HERMITS. 

Contributed by Miss Marie L. Minor, Nezv York. 

Two cups granulated sugar, 3 eggs, two thirds cup butter, 1 even 
teaspoon ginger, 1 scant teaspoon cloves, 1 even teaspoon cinnamon, 1 
cup sweet milk, 2 cups flour, 2 even teaspoons soda, 2 full teaspoons 
cream of tartar, 1 package seeded raisins. Mix creamed butter with 
sugar, add yolks of eggs and scalded soda, then stir in sifted flour 
with cream of tartar and salt. Wash raisins, dry, chop coarsely and 
flour. Mix raisins and spices with dough, and last of all fold in 
beaten whites of eggs. Put 1 teaspoon of dough in pan. 

DOUGHNUTS. 

Madam Stephen Ward, East Chester, N. Y. (1760). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

One lb. shortening, half lard and half butter, 1 % lbs. sugar, 1 pt. 
milk, 4 eggs, 1 pt. milk sponge made as follows : 1 cup scalded milk, 
1 egg, 1 teaspoonful sugar, beaten together, then add 1 saltspoonful 
of salt, % cup yeast, 2 cups flour, and beat it well. Mix the sponge 
in the morning, and let it stand until night, when the other ingredi- 
ents should be added, and the whole left to rise until the next morn- 
ing. When risen, cut the dough into diamond shaped squares about 
1 inch thick, let them rise 20 minutes, and fry in boiling lard, into 
which a potato, washed clean, has been put to prevent the cakes from 
burning. The lard must be boiling hot, and deep enough to cover the 
doughnuts entirely. 



258 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

CHARLOTTE POLONAISE — A DELICIOUS RECIPE. 

Miss Looney, Memphis, Tenn. 

Contributed by Mrs. Judge L. L. Lewis, Richmond, Va. 

Make a sponge cake batter, 1 pt. of sugar, 1 pt. of flour sifted 
twice and light measure, 1 1 eggs beaten separately. Mix the sugar 
and yolks of eggs then the well beaten whites, last the flour. Bake 
in layers. Filling, make 1 pt. of rich boiled custard, mix a teacup 
of seeded raisins, 1 cup of blanched almonds broken into small pieces. 
y 2 cup of citron. Put this into the custard, add a wineglass of wine 
and flavor with vanilla. Put this between the layers of cake and ice 
the whole with white boiled icing. The filling should be the con- 
sistency of jelly. This is delicious. 

WHORTLEBERRY CAKE. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Six eggs, 1 lb. of sugar, ^4 lb. of butter, 1 qt. of flour, y 2 pt. 
sifted meal, 1 wineglass of brandy, 2 tablespoons of allspice, 1 tea- 
spoon of soda. Mix altogether and just before you bake add 1 qt. 
of berries dusted with flour. Mix the soda with y 2 pt. of sweet milk. 

NUMBER CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Jennie Williams, Orange, N. J. 

One cup of butter, 2 cups of sugar, 3 cups of flour, 4 eggs, 1 
teaspoon of soda in a cup of milk, 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar sifted 
in the flour. 

MOLASSES POUND CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Three fourths lb. of sugar, }£ lb. of butter, 2 lbs. of flour, 6 eggs, 
1 qt. of molassess, T / 2 lb. of currants, 1 lb. of raisins, 2 tablespoons 
ginger, 2 tablespoons cinnamon, 1 tablespoon of saleratus. 



CAKES 259 

A FAMOUS BRIDE'S CAKE MADE FOR MANY YEARS IN 

RICHMOND, VA. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Forty-two eggs, whites, 3 lbs. of sugar, 2*4 lbs. of butter, 2*4 
lbs. of flour. Cream butter and sugar together. Add other ingre- 
dients, also small teaspoon baking powder, season with bitter almond. 
More brides have used this receipt for wedding cake than can be 
counted. 

SAND TARTS — AN OLD PHILADELPHIA RECIPE. 

Contributed by Miss M. M. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two lbs. of flour, 2 lbs. of sugar, 1 14 lbs. of butter, 5 eggs. Mix 
ingredients together leaving out white of egg, l / 2 lb. of blanched 
almonds. Roll out cakes, wash them well with white of egg beaten 
stiff. Stick them full of pieces of almond. Powder them with cin- 
namon, sugar and bake in hot oven. 

SHREWSBURY CAKE. 
Good Old Receipt. 

Contributed by Mrs. IV. Hincklc Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One lb. of powdered sugar, 12 ounces of butter, gill of cream, 
4 eggs, 1 dessertspoon of powdered mace, same of cinnamon, 1 wine- 
glass of brandy. Rub butter and sugar to a cream, then add the 
eggs, then cream and spice. Knead in just enough flour to roll them 
thin. Cut in shapes and bake. 

CREAM SPONGE CAKE : 

Contributed by Miss Frances Virginia Baldwin, Orange, N. J. 

Break 2 eggs into a cup, beat the eggs well, then fill the cup with 
thick sweet cream containing 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar, x /z tea- 
spoon of soda, 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of flour. 



2 6o FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

CHEESE CAKE. 

Mrs. Lewis Livingston, Grasmere, Rhinebeck, N. Y. (1875). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

One lb. almonds blanched and pounded. As you pound them, 
add rose water to keep them from oiling. The whites of 3 eggs, 
beaten stiff, 3 tablespoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon extract bitter almonds. 
Stir all together. Line patty pans with puff paste and fill with the 
mixture. The oven must be quick, but not too hot, as the mixture 
is apt to burn. Watch them during baking. Serve cold. 

CINNAMON JUMBLES. 

Madam Stephen Ward, East Chester, N. Y. (1760). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mazvr, Pa. 

One lb. butter, 1 lb. granulated sugar, 4 eggs well beaten, 1 J / 2 lbs. 
flour, 2 tablespoonfuls cinnamon. To make the cakes roll a small 
piece of the dough between the hands very lightly, and join the two 
ends, making a ring. Bake in a quick oven. 

OLD FASHIONED MIXTURE FOR MEHITABLE CAKE, 

Mrs. Edward Williams, Orange, N. J. (1800). 

Contributed by Mrs. Ezra Williams, West Orange, N. J. 

Rub together 1 qt. of sifted flour, a bit of butter the size of a 
small egg, 1 tablespoon of white sugar, 1 small spoonful of salt, 2 
teaspoons of cream of tartar. Dissolve 1 teaspoon of soda in a pt. 
of milk, break 2 eggs into the flour and add the milk and soda. Stir 
quickly and deftly and pour into square pans and bake in a quick oven. 

DOUGHNUTS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Morris R. Stroud, Haverford, Pa. 

One cup of butter, 2 cups of sugar, 3 cups of milk, 4 eggs, 2 
teaspoons of cream of tartar, 1 teaspoon of soda. 



CAKES 261 

SPONGE CAKE. 

Madam Stephen Ward, East Chester, N. Y. (1760). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mazer, Pa. 

Twelve eggs, 1 lb. sugar, 10 oz. flour, juice of 1 lemon. Beat 
the whites and yolks of the eggs separately and very well, and put 
the sugar in the yolks. Beat this well, add the lemon and the whites 
of the eggs beaten stiff. Last of all, add the flour very quickly. Bake 
for 20 minutes, 

GINGER POUND CAKE. 
Mrs. Cary, Baltimore (1830). 

One cup brown sugar, 5 oz. butter, 1 cup milk, 3 eggs well beaten, 
one and one third cup dark molasses, one third cup ginger, 9 oz. flour, 
Vi lb. raisins floured, one third teaspoon cinnamon, one third tea- 
spoon cloves, and 1 teaspoon allspice, 1 heaping teaspoon cream of 
tartar mixed with the flour, two thirds teaspoon soda dissolved in the 
milk and put in the last thing. 

SODA CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Rosalie Beauregard Page, Virginia. 

One cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups flour, 4 eggs, 1 teaspoon 
soda, 2 spoons cream tartar, two-thirds cup of milk. In warm weath- 
er add a little more flour, put all ingredients together and beat with 
hand. 

COFFEE CAKE. 

Mrs. S. E. Lyon, Rockwood, N. Y. (1875). 

Contributed by Miss Fanny Lyon, Bryn Maivr, Pa. 

One cup sugar, y± cup butter, 1 cup black molasses, 1 cup coffee 
very strong, 3 cups flour, 4 eggs, 1 lb. raisins, 1 lb. currants, y 2 lb. 
citron, 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in the coffee, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 
1 teaspoon nutmeg, Y\ teaspoon cloves. Do not beat longer than is 
necessary, and mix well as beating. Makes the cake light in color. 



262 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

POUND CAKE. 

Madam Stephen Ward, East Chester, N. Y. (1760). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Maim', Pa. 

One lb. butter, 1 lb. sugar, 1 lb. flour, 9 eggs, juice of 1 lemon, 
nutmeg to taste. Rub the butter and sugar together until they cream. 
Beat the eggs well, separately, add the flour last of all, and beat until 
the dough is light and almost white. 

FRENCH LOAF CAKE. 
Mrs. Charlotte Cranwell Minor, New London and New York. 

(I775-) 
Contributed by Miss K. A. Wilcox, Westport, Conn. 

Five cups powdered suga»- "" cups butter, 2 cups milk, 10 cups 
flour sifted, 6 eggs, 1 wineglass wine, 1 wineglass brandy, 3 nutmegs, 
1 lb. raisins, "y 2 lb. citron, 1 teaspoon soda and 1 lemon. This makes 
4 loaves bread size. 

MOLASSES GINGERBREAD. 
Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey. 

One and one half teacup of butter, 3 cups of sugar, 2 cups of 
molasses, 1 of milk, 5 of flour, 5 eggs, 1 tablespoon of ginger, 1 tea- 
spoon of soda dissolved in milk. 

MORAVIAN ORANGE BREAD. 

Contributed by Miss M. Schott, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Used largely in Bethlehem, where there are many Moravians : 
One and one half pts. of molasses, ^4 lb- of butter, -)4 lb. of sugar. 
1 teacup of jelly, 1 teaspoon of mace, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, i'J^ 
tablespoon orange peel. Make up the bread stiff with flour, keep 
cold until the next day, roll out very thin, and then cut in small cakes. 



CAKES 263 

MY GRANDMOTHER'S PLUNKETS. 
Contributed by Airs. Edward I. Cramp, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Cream )/ 2 lb. of butter, add gradually l / 2 lb. of sugar, separate 6 
eggs, beat the whites to a stiff froth, add last. The yolks beaten to a 
foam, stir slowly into butter and sugar. Mix 6 oz. of cornstarch, no 
more, no less, with 2 oz. of flour, 1 teaspoonful of baking powder, sift 
4 times, on this depends the success of the plunkets, add gradually 
to the other mixture, flavor with 1 teaspoonful of vanilla, bake in a 
moderate oven until a golden brown. Put in gem cans. 

COFFEE CAKE. 

Contributed by Airs. James M. Anders, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two eggs separated, 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of flour, 2 teaspoons- 
ful of baking powder. Mix together then add a tablespoon of hot 
water, flavor cake, whipped cream and frosting, with coffee extract. 
About l / 2 teaspoon in each, ]/ 2 pt. whipped cream (sweetened). Bake 
in round, rather deep tin. When done cut a circular piece and lay it 
aside. From remainder of cake dig out little pieces here and there. 
Fill with whipped cream. Put all the cake in place over cream and 
frost' with boiled frosting. 

BURGESS CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Joseph Neif, Philadelphia. 

Three fourths lb. of butter, 1 lb. of sugar, 1 wineglass of brandy, 
1 teaspoon of nutmeg and cinnamon mixed, 4 eggs beaten separately, 
]/ 2 lb. of currants, about 10 oz. of flour, rub sugar, yolks and butter 
together, then add yolks of the eggs, brandy and spices. When thor- 
oughly mixed add about half the flour, then the whites of the eggs 
beaten light. Mix the remaining half of the flour with the currants 
and stir lightly into the mixture. Bake on tin sheets in a moderate 
oven. See that you do not get too much flour or the cakes will not 
be crisp. 



264 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

BLACK CAKE THAT WILL KEEP ONE YEAR. 

Mrs. Roy Mason, " Cleveland," King George Co., Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 
One lb. of brown sugar, 1 lb. of butter, 1 lb. of flour, 10 eggs, y 2 
pt. of French brandy, 2 lbs. of raisins, 2 lbs. of currants, 1 tablespoon 
mace, 2 nutmegs grated, 1 tablespoon of cloves. 

SCHUYLER WEDDING CAKE. 

New York (1690). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Twelve lbs. of brown sugar, 12 lbs. of butter, 12 lbs. of browned 
flour, 12 dozen eggs, 48 lbs. of raisins, 24 lbs. of citron, 48 lbs. of 
currants, 12 lbs. of chopped almonds, 6 cups of molasses, 3 qts. of 
brandy, 1 qt. of Jamaica rum, 12 oz. each of cloves, allspice, cinna- 
mon and nutmeg, pound fine. Ten teaspoons salt, 12 teaspoons pearl 
ash. This is mixed in a wash tub and baked 16 hours. 

LEMON JUMBLES. 
Mrs. Washington Tompkins, White Plains, N. Y. (1800). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mazvr, Pa. 

One lb. butter, 1 lb. sugar, i]/ 2 lbs. flour, 4 eggs well beaten, juice 
oi 4 lemons, and rind of 1 lemon. Roll very thin, and sprinkle with 
coarse sugar. Bake in a quick oven. 

AUNT BETSEY BENNILL'S SOUR CREAM JUMBLES. 

Westport, Conn., 1800. 

Contributed by Miss Katherine A. Willcox, Westport, Conn. 

One cup thick sour cream, 1 cup granulated sugar, x / 2 cup butter, 
1 egg, 3 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoonful cream of 
tartar, pinch of salt and flavor to taste. Pat out as dough is very 
soft, and cut. 



CAKES 265 

LAUGHING MOLLIES. 

Grandma Minor (1800). 

Contributed by Miss A. Jacqueline Minor, New York. 

Mix in order given below : Bake in 3 deep layers, and fill with 
boiled icing. One and a half cups powdered sugar, ]/ 2 cup butter, 
yolks of 3 eggs, 'Yz cake melted Baker's chocolate, Y\ cup milk, 2 cups 
Hour and 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder in flour, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 
and beaten whites of 3 eggs. 

SPONGE CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. C. W. Dailey, Elkins, IV. Va. 

Six eggs, 1 glass of flour, 1 glass of sugar, juice of ]/ 2 lemon. 
Beat yolks of eggs very light, then beat in sugar 5 minutes, then flour 
5 minutes, then lemon juice, and white of egg beaten very stiff. Bake 
in papered tins. 

GINGER SNAPS. 

Madam Stephen Ward, East Chester, N. Y. (1760). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Three lbs. flour, 1 lb. butter, 1 lb. brown sugar, 1 pt. dark molas- 
ses, 1 tablespoonful ginger (heaping), 1 tablespoonful cinnamon, }4 
tablespoonful cloves. Roll very thin, and bake in a quick oven. 

BLACK CAKE % (WEDDING CAKE). 

Mrs. Albor Man, Plattsburg, N. Y. (1806). 

Contributed by Mary Helen Livingston Lloyd, 
Mrs. Horatio Gates Lloyd, Havcrford, Pa. 

One lb. of butter 1 lb. of sugar, 1 lb. of flour, 1 teacup of mo- 
lasses, 10 eggs, 1 lb. of citron, 2 lbs. of currants, 3 lbs. of raisins, 1 lb. 
of almonds broken small, 1 teaspoonful of cloves, 2 teaspoonsful of 
cinnamon, y 2 tumbler of brandy, 1 nutmeg grated. Bake 4 hours, 
keep moist for 3 months, if needed sooner bake three hours. 



266 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

SPONGE CAKE. 

Mrs. B. F. Hadduck, Chicago. 

Eighteen eggs, iy 2 lbs. pulverized sugar, 1 small saltspoon of salt, 
y 2 lb. and a handful of flour, the grated rind and juice of 1 lemon. 
Beat yolks of eggs 10 minutes more, add salt and lemon, add whites 
of eggs beaten very stiff, fold flour in very lightly and bake 30 minutes. 

ICING FOR CAKE. 

Mrs. Rodney, of Germantown. 

Contributed by Her Great-Granddaughter , Mrs. Samuel V. Merrick, 
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take whites of 1 egg for 1 lb. of cake, beat very well, then add 
by degrees 8 teaspoonfuls of the very finest pulverized and sifted 
sugar. Beat all very well together, then put it on with a feather, 
whilst the cake is a little warm. 

PENNSYLVANIA SAND TARTS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Caroline Rogers Buehler, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One lb. of flour, 1 lb. of sugar, ' T / 2 lb. of butter, 3 eggs leaving 
out the whites of 1. Make into stiff dough. Cut them in squares. 
Brush surface with beaten white of egg. Lay split, blanched almonds 
on top and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Bake in quick oven. 

" BLACK TORTE " "( 1 561 ) . 

Contributed by Mrs. H. Cavalier Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

From the recipe cook book of Archduchess Philippine, wife of 
Archduke Ferdinand of Tyrol, in the year 1561. The oldest cook 
book extant. Eight to 14 pears, roast until soft with 1 quince (the 
last longer in oven, being harder). Peel and put into ' l / 2 pt. of milk. 
Add 9 eggs, sugar (rather too much than too little), "y 2 measure of 
grated almonds, sieve. Add cinnamon, cloves, pepper, ginger and 
nutmeg to taste. Serve on thin crust, putting frosting on top. 



CAKES 267 

BEST BRIDE'S CAKE. MADE BY MY GREAT-GRAND- 
MOTHER—BORN 1795, DIED 1896. 

Mrs. Albor Man, Plattsburg, N. Y. 

Contributed by Mrs. Mary Helen Livingston Lloyd, Havcrford, Pa. 

One lb. of sugar, 34 lb. of butter, 1 lb. of flour, 1 teacupful of 
milk, 10 eggs, whites only, 1 teaspoonful of soda dissolved in milk. 
2 teaspoonfuls cream of tartar sifted into the flour. Stir butter to a 
cream, add sugar and stir to a snow. Add flour slowly, and lastly 
gradually the milk and eggs. 

MAPLE BISCUIT. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, New York. 

Three lbs. flour, }^ lb. butter, 2 lbs. brown sugar, 2 tablespoon- 
fuls cinnamon, 4 eggs, y 2 glass wine, same of brandy, nutmeg, 2 tea- 
spoonfuls of baking powder and cup of milk. Roll thin. 

Loaned by Miss Frances Virginia Baldzcin, Orange, N. J. 

This is a good recipe of " Georgie's " for Molasses Cake. 

One cup of molasses, 1 cup of brown sugar, 1 cup of milk, 2*/> 
cups flour, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon of soda or 2 teaspoons of baking powder. 
Cinnamon and gineer to taste. 

CRISP GINGERBREAD. 

Mrs. Collins, Philadelphia, Pa., 1878. 

• ' Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Three lbs. of flour, 1 lb. of sugar, 1 lb. of butter, 3 tablespoons 
of best ginger, 1 tablespoonful of powdered cloves, 1 of powdered 
allspice, 1 of mace. Cut the butter into the flour, rub it through until 
well mixed, add sugar and spices. Wet it with 1 quart of molasses, 
roll very thin and bake in a hot oven. To make the cakes shine on 
top, rub them over with cloth dipped in molasses. Beat light before 
the dough is cut into cakes. 



2 68 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

SOFT GINGERBREAD. 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One cup of molasses, i cup of brown sugar, i cup of butter cut 
in small pieces, 3 eggs well beaten, 3 teacups of flour, 2 tablespoons 
of ground cloves, 2 tablespoons of ground ginger, 2 tablespoons of 
brandy, 1 teaspoon of dissolved saleratus, Y 2 cup of milk. 

TAYLOR GINGERBREAD. 

Contributed by Virginia Taylor Seiss, Mrs. Ralph IV. Seiss, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

From the Old Homestead at High Bridge, New Jersey. Used 
for 6 generations by the Taylors within its walls . One cup of mo- 
lasses, 1 cup of brown sugar, 1 cup of sour milk, 1 cup butter, 3 
cups of flour, 2 eggs, 1 tablespoon of ginger, 1 dessertspoon cinnamon, 
1 dessertspoon soda, one third of a nutmeg grated. 

SCOTCH CAKE. 
Mrs. Morris R. Stroud, Philadelphia, Pa. 1875. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Stir to a cream a pound of sug'ar, ^4. pound of butter, juice and 
grated rind of 1 lemon, wine glass of brandy. Separate yolks and 
whites of 9 eggs, beat them to a froth and stir in cake, add 1 lb. of 
sifted flour; just before putting cake in pan put in 1 lb. of stoned 
raisin? 

CRULLERS. 

Contributed by Aunt Mary Balding, Philadelphia, Pa., 1850. 

Four eggs, 9 tablespoons of sugar, 9 tablespoons of melted but- 
ter, flour to make a soft dough, y 2 cup of milk, ]/ 2 teaspoon soda, 
nutmeg to taste. Beat eggs and sugar together until very light, add 
butter, spice and flour. 



CAKES 269 

DUTCH APPLE CAKE. 

Helen B. Hutchison, Goderich, Lake Huron. 

Mrs. William A. Glasgow, Jr. 

One pint of flour, ]/ 2 teaspoon of salt, y 2 teaspoon of soda 
sifted into the flour, 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar, Y\ cupful of but- 
ter, 1 egg - , 1 scant cup of milk, 4 sour apples pared and quartered. 
2 tablespoons of sugar, mix ingredients in order given. Rub in the 
butter, beat the egg and mix with the milk, then stir this into the 
dry mixture. The dough should be soft enough to spread half an 
inch thick on a shallow baking- pan. Pare and cut 4 apples into 
eighths. Lay in rows on top of dough, the sharp edge down, sprinkle 
the sugar on the apples. Bake in a hot oven 20 or 30 minutes. To 
be eaten hot with butter as a tea cake, or with lemon sauce or cream 
as with a pudding. 

DOUGHNUTS. 

Mrs. Joseph Patterson, Philadelphia, Pa. ' 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two pints of flour, 1 cup of sugar, 1 pint of milk, 2 or 3 eg-gs, 
1 cup of butter, teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar. 

TO MAKE A LETTIS TART. 

From Mrs. Washington's " Book of Cookery," owned by the 
Pennsylvania Historical Society of Philadelphia. Pa., used by Martha 
Washington and her descendants, from 1706. 

Contributed by Mrs. IV. Hinckle Smith, Bryii Maivr, Pa. 

When you have raised ye crust lay in all over the bottom some 
butter and strow in some sugar, cinnamon and a little ginger, then 
boyle ye cabbage lettis in a little water and salt and when ye water 
is drayned from it, lay it in ye coffin with some dammask pruens. 
some marrow and some seasoning as you layd on ye bottom. Ye 
close it up and ye bake it 



270 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

STIR PAN 1 CAKES. 

Mrs. G. T. Hewlett, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Contributed by Mrs. James Crosby Brown, Rosemont, Pa. 

One quart of milk, i pint of flour, 4 eggs and a little salt. Beat, 
the. eggs, adding the flour and milk alternately so as to form a thin 
smooth batter. When ready to cook them, have a frying pan just 
hot enough to melt butter (about a tablespoonful) then pour in 
a teacup of this batter, stirring immediately, the same as scrambled 
eggs, keeping the batter in the centre of the pan, then allow it to 
remain until it browns lightly on the under side, then turn over. 
When the other side is brown also, place it on a hot dish, but never 
allow them to be put on top of each other. To be baked and served 
at once, as they are too delicate to wait. Excellent for desserts. 
To be eaten with butter and fine sugar, the same as waffles. From 
my Grandmother's Recipe Book. 

MORAVIAN SUGAR CAKE. 

Miss M. P. Connelly, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Three and one fourth lbs. of butter, 1 quart of milk, 2 eggs, 1 y 2 
lbs. of flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt and yeast. Work 
the butter in the flour, warm the milk, mix in alternately the milk 
and eggs, mix in the yeast last and set to rise. When risen suffi- 
ciently work the dough with more flour. Put in flat pans set to rise 
then spread with sugar and cinnamon. 

LEMON SAUCE. 

Two cups of hot water, 1 cup of sugar, 1 heaping teaspoon of 
flour, grate the rind of 1 lemon, add juice and 1 tablespoon of butter. 
Boil water and sugar 5 minutes, add the flour wet with a little cold 
water. Cook 8 or 10 minutes, add lemon rind, juice and butter, stir 
until butter is melted and serve at once. 



CAKES 271 

SPONGE CAKE. 

Mrs. G. T. Hewlett, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Contributed by Mrs. James Crosby Brown, Roscmont, Pa. 

Take 9 eggs. The weight of 8 of them in granulated sugar and 
weight of 4 of them in flour. Grated rind of half a lemon and a 
tablespoonful of juice. Place the sugar in a deep bowl, breaking the 
eggs, separating the whites so as to beat them to a stiff froth. As 
you break the egg, chop each yolk in the sugar, stirring constantly 
until very fine and light. Add the grated lemon rind and then the 
juice. Afterwards the whites, beaten to a stiff froth, cutting through 
and beating lightly, and then add the flour, very lightly also. Having 
greased two pans, pour in the batter and bake in a moderately hot oven 
until a double broom whisk can be run through the centre of the cake 
and removed entirely dry. 

KATE WILLCOX'S COOKIES. 

New York City, 1878. 

Contributed by Miss Katherine A. Willcox, Westport, Conn. 

One and one half cups of sugar, y 2 cup of butter, 2 eggs, j4 
cup of milk, 3 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, or l / 2 tea- 
spoon of cream of tartar, *4 teaspoon of soda. 

BOILED ICING. 

One and one half lbs. of sugar boiled in \ x / 2 pts of water until 
it ropes. Put into a bowl and stir and beat until it is milk warm, then 
add whites of 7 eggs beaten to a stiff froth, beat all well together. 

DOUGHNUTS. 

Aunt Nancy Trotter, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Four lbs. of flour, y A lb. of butter, i l / 2 lbs. of sugar, 1 quart 
of milk, 1 egg, 1 teacup of yeast, cinnamon to taste. 



272 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

NEW ENGLAND COOKIES. 

Contributed by Mrs. James M. Anders, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One "cup of sugar, 2 eggs, 3 cups of Quaker oats, 2 level teaspoons 
of baking powder, salt, a little vanilla may be added. Drop a tea- 
spoonful in the pan so that each cookie will spread. They will 
harden when cold. 

LADY WASHINGTON WEDDING CAKE. 

This recipe was taken from an old family recipe book (tat- 
tered, but still legible in spite of century old ink). The old-fash- 
ioned recipe was intended for baking before an open fire, and con- 
tained directions for baking before an open fire, for putting embers 
under the oven, and letting the batter rise 3 hours, then baking 
for 3 hours and drawing the oven away from the fire, letting 
the cake soak at least 2 hours. If it was very large, it was to be 
left in the chimney corner all night. 

Contributed by Mrs. Samuel Ewing, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Two lbs. of raisins, 2 lbs. of currants, 1 lb. of citron, 1 lb. of 
almonds chopped fine, 1 lb. of sugar, 1 lb. of butter, 1 lb. of flour, 
1 doz. eggs, 1 tablespoon of mace, 1 tablespoon of cinnamon, 2 nut- 
megs grated, 1 teacup of wine and brandy mixed. The raisins and 
citron are both cut up and rolled in flour. Beat butter and sugar 
to a cream, add eggs beaten very light, then fruit, then flour, and 
last the w T ine. 

HOLLOW HEARTS. 

Laura G. Brower, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (1820). 

Contributed by Mary Helen Livingston Lloyd, 
Mrs. Horatio Gates Lloyd, Haverford, Pa. 

Two eggs, 2 cups of milk, 2 cups of flour, 1 spoonful of butter 
and a little salt. Bake 20 or 30 minutes in patty pans and serve with 
wine sauce. 



CAKES 273 

OLD-FASHIONED SPONGE CAKE. 

Mrs. Samuel Bettle, Haverford, Pa. 

Contributed by Helen Biddle Griscom Bettle. 

Weight of 8 eggs in sugar, weight of 4 eggs in flour, juice of 
half a lemon. Beat yolks until very light and add sugar slowly, 
stir in the flour gradually, and add the lemon juice. Beat whites 
very stiff and fold them in, stirring as little as possible. Bake in a 
quick oven. 

SPONGE CAKE. 

Mrs. Joshua Harvey, Baltimore. 

Ten eggs weight in pulverized sugar, weight of five in sifted 
flour. Beat yolks and sugar. When light add whites beaten light, 
grated rinds of 2 lemons and juice of one. Stir in flour and bake in 
moderate oven. 

MOLASSES POUND CAKE 

Mrs. Marie Louise Jones, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two and one half lbs. of flour, 1 lb. of butter, 1 lb. of sugar, 1 
pint of molasses, 3 eggs, 1 teaspoon of pearl ash, 1 cup of cream, 
spices to taste. 

DOUGHNUTS. 

Contributed by Miss F. Virginia Baldwin, West Orange, N. J. 

Two teacups of sugar, 2 teacups of buttermilk, 2 tablespoons of 
butter, 2 teaspoons full of saleratus, 2 teaspoons of nutmeg. 

MOLASSES CAKE. 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey. 

One cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup molasses, 3 cups flour, 3 
eggs, 1 teaspoonful sea foam, 1 cup milk, 1 tablespoon ginger. 



274 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

ALMOND CAKE. 

"Aunty Estelle," Germantown, Philadelphia. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One half lb. of butter, i lb. of sugar, i wineglass wine, 8 eggs, 
i wineglass rose water, cinnamon and nutmeg to taste, flour sufficient 
to make a stiff dough. Cooked like doughnuts. 

SUGAR CAKES. 

Mrs. Locke, Fredericksburg, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 4 cups flour, 1 teaspoon of soda 
dissolved in a cup of sour cream, 1 nutmeg grated, flour sufficient to 
roll it. 

ENGLISH DROP CAKES. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, New York. 

One half lb. sugar, ]/ 2 lb. butter, 34 lb. flour, 3 eggs well beaten, 
Y\ lb. currants, teaspoonful of baking powder. Drop in pan. 

SPICE CAKE. 

Recipe of Mrs. Francis Sorrell, " The Barrens," Roanoke 

Co., Va., 1867. 

Contributed by Miss Jane Gamble, Roanoke, Va. 

Six eggs, }i lb. of sugar (light weight), 1 lb. of sugar 
(pulverized), 1 lb. of flour, 1 teacup sour milk, 2 or 3 nutmegs 
grated, 2 tablespoonsful cinnamon, 1 heaping tablespoon of 
ground ginger, '*/> teacup of brandy ( or wine), 1 teaspoon of soda 
dissolved in a small quantity of vinegar as will dissolve it. Cream 
the butter, add the sugar and yolks of eggs, then the well-beaten 
whites of the eggs, then the flour must be added little by little alter- 
nately, then the seasoning, then the sour cream, last the soda. Bake 
in moulds quickly after it rises. Eat while fresh. 



CAKES 275 

SCRIPTURE CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. James Crosby Brown, Rosenwnt, Pa. 

One cup butter Judges, 5 125 

Three and a half cups flour I Kings, 4 :22 

Three cups sugar Jeremiah, 6 :20 

Two cups raisins I Samuel, 30:12 

Two cups of figs I Samuel, 30 :i2 

One cup water Genesis, 24 :iy 

One cup almonds Genesis, 43 :i 1 

Six eggs Isaiah, 10:14 

Tablespoonful honey Genesis, 43 :i 1 

Pinch of salt Leviticus, 16:13 

Spices to taste I Kings, 10:10 

Two tablespoonfuls baking powder I Corinthians, 5 :6 

Follow Solomon's advice for making good boys, and you will 
have a good cake. Proverbs, 23:14: "Thou shalt beat him with a 
rod." 

ORANGE CAKE. 

The recipe was written by Penelope Jones, the mother of 
Commodore Jacob Jones, United States Navy. 

Contributed by Mrs. Samuel V. Merrick, Germcmtown, Pliila., from 
her Great-Grandmother Rodney's recipe-book, 1700. 

Take 15 oz. of flour well dried, a pound of double refined loaf 
sugar, half a pound of almonds beaten with half a pint of rose water, 
the yolks of 4 eggs, the whites of 4 beaten separately, rind of 3 oranges, 
grated. All beaten together with some slices of citron and candied 
orange peel. 

MOLASSES CAKE. 

Mrs. Dominick, Cincinnati. 

One cup New Orleans molasses, 1 cup milk, T / 2 cup of lard 
melted, i l / 2 cups of flour. 



2? 6 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

TO MAKE A SPONGE CAKE. 

Mrs. Samuel Powel, Philadelphia, Pa. (1800). 

(Daughter of Mr. Charles Willing, wife of Mr. Samuel Powel, who 
was Mayor of the City and held other important positions, and 
whose home was the resort of the most distinguished people of 
this country, and abroad.) 

Contributed by Mr. and Mrs. John Cadzualador, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take ^ of a pound of fine sugar, put to it a ^4 erf a pint of 
water, let it just boil enough to skim it clean, then take 7 eggs, 
leave out 4 whites, when they are beat and sirained, put to them 
the peel of a large lemon, cut. very fine. Then put to' them the sugar 
and water, which must be very hot, putting in a little at a time, 
beating the eggs all the time with a whisk. (It must be beat an 
hour). Then have ready y 2 pound of flour sifted and dried and 
put in a little at a time. It must not be beat after the flour is put 
in, and that must be stirred with a spoon. Bake 50 minutes. 

WHITE MOUNTAIN CAKE. 

Made by Mrs. John Beardslee, 1858, Little Falls, N. Y. 

Contributed by Mrs. James IV. Noycs, Montclair, N. J. 

One lb. of powdered sugar, y 2 lb. of butter, 6 eggs, 1 teacup 
of sweet milk, 1 lb. of flour, 1 teaspoon of soda, 2 teaspoons of cream 
of tartar. Lemon extract or almond extract to taste. 

DOUGHNUTS. 

Made by Mrs. M. E. Furman, 1865, Westport, Conn. 

Contributed by Mrs. James W . Noyes, Montclair, N. J. 

Eight tablespoons of melted lard, 3 cups of white sugar dis- 
solved in milk, 3 cups of milk, 3 eggs beaten together, 1 teaspoon 
salt, iy 2 teaspoons of soda in milk, 3 of cream of tartar in flour, 5 
pints of flour. Fry in boiling lard. 



BLACK CAKE. 

(Wedding cake.) 

Contributed by Elizabeth IV. Paul Morris, 
Mrs. Frederick Wistar Morris, ' ' Dundale," Villa Nova, Pa. 

Given to me by my old aunt, 1820, Mary Paul Lownes; used in 
our family for all weddings. 

One lb. oi Hour, 1 lb. of butter, 1 lb. of brown sugar (light), 
9 or 10 eggs, 2 lbs. of raisins, 2 lbs. of currants, l / 2 lb. of citron, 34 
orange and lemon peel, 2 oz. cinnamon, 34 oz - ground cloves, 2 nut- 
megs, 1 l /z gills brandy. Send to confectioner to bake. 

OLYCOOKS. 

(Old Dutch Recipe.) 

From the old Dutch book of Elizabeth Van Rensselaer, mar- 
ried September 18th, 1787, to John Bradstreet Schuyler. 

Contributed by Mrs. Francis Taylor Chambers, her Great-Grand- 

daughtcr. 

Five lbs. of flour, 134 lbs. of butter, 2 lbs. of sugar, 12 eggs, 
1 quart of milk, a small quantity of thick yeast. Nutmeg, mace and 
cinnamon to taste, with a quantity of stoned raisins. The butter 
sugar and milk must be warmed together. Add the rest, but while 
it is very hot. Mix in the morning and stand until afternoon. 

MONTGOMERY INN SOFT GINGER CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Beverly Roberts, Bryn Mazer, Pa. 

One cup dark brown sugar, 1 cup molasses, 1 cup sour milk, >4 
cup lard and butter, 3 eggs, i,y 2 cups flour, 1 tablespoonful ginger, 
1 tablespoonful cinnamon, 1 teaspoonful cloves, 2 teaspoonfuls soda 
dissolved in vinegar. Bake about 30 minutes. Use your own judg- 
ment in regard to flour, as there is a difference in texture and some 
brands thicken more quickly than others. 



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278 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

AUNT PHEBE'S LEMON CAKE. 

Made for the Earl of Hillsborough, whose servant she was. 

In the opening of our Southern States the most noble Earl of 
Hillsborough did not fail to appreciate the lovely and charming Ac- 
canecean Hills of Northern Carolina, and then when without the 
window of his modest state home, " as it could not be called more " 
the Rhodora rose, blushed and gave the colors of life and party, this 
most noble Lord took the hint, and entertained in a truly royal man- 
ner. So- much did they who lived around the Court, love life and 
good living that they willingly accepted the offices of our Aunt 
Phebe. 

Aunt Phebe, whose pedigree need not alarm us, as we all loved 
her and ate her cake with the keenest relish after either a fox hunt 
or, in more remote days, driving away the tear, made this cake 
never to be forgotten, and still enjoyed by many of the descendants 
who have never forsaken this Swiss-American Carnival spot. It 
is still called Aunt Phebe's Hillsborough Lemon Cake. 

Contributed by Miss Caroline E. Brooks, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One lb. of flour, ]/ 2 lb. of butter, 1 lb. of sugar, 1 cup of milk, 
7 eggs, 1 lemon, 2 light spoonfuls of baking powder. 

Filling. — Three eggs, 1 ]/ 2 cups sugar, ^4 cup butter, 3 lemons, 
juice of all — grated rind of one. Beat yellow and whites of eggs 
separately — beat well and stir over the fire until thick enough to 
spread. When cold spread between layers of cake. 

CREAM CAKE. 
Miss M. Biddle, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two cups pulverized sugar, 3 cups flour, 1 cup milk, Y^ cup of 
butter, 3 teaspoonfuls of baking powder, 4 eggs. 

Custard for Filling". — One pt. of milk, 2 eggs, y 2 cup sugar, 4 
teaspoons of cornstarch. Flavor with vanilla. This batter should 
make 6 layers, enough for 2 cakes. Put boiled icing on the tops. 



CAKES 279 

WAKEFIELD GINGER COOKIES. 

Used by Miss Elizabeth Rodman Fisher, of Wakefield, Ger- 

mantown, i860. 

Contributed by Miss Hannah Fox, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take 2 lbs. of flour, l / 2 lb. of butter, l / A lb. of lard, } 2 lb. of 
brown sugar, 5 tablespoons of spice, 2 of ginger, 2 of cinnamon, 
l / 2 allspice, l / 2 cloves, 1 pint of molasses. 

Mix thoroughly with the hands the flour, butter, lard, spices 
and sugar. Add the molasses, roll thin and bake in a rather slow 
oven. The cookies will be quite spoiled unless mixed with great 
care. 

MARTHA WASHINGTON'S FRUIT CAKE. 

Copied from Old Original Receipt Book. 

Mrs. Roberts Lowrie, Bryn Mawr. 

One and one half lbs. sugar, l / 2 lb. butter, 1^4 lb. of flour, 1 lb. cur- 
rants, 1 lb. raisins, l / 2 lb. citron, 1 nutmeg, sprinkling of mace, 1 pt. 
sour cream, juice of 1 lemon and rind of two, 6 eggs, 1 teaspoon of 
soda. Cream the butter and sugar, add gradually the yolks of the 
eggs well beaten, then the sour cream (in which the soda has been 
dissolved), and flour alternately; then the well beaten whites of the 
eggs. Flavor the fruit and add last of all, bake 2^4 hours, cover 
with buttered paper while baking. 

MRS. OLIVER HASTING'S FRUIT CAKE. 

One and a fourth lbs. butter, 1 lb. brown sugar, 10 eggs, i]/ 2 lbs. 
flour, 5 lbs. currants and seeded raisins, these latter chopped, 2 lbs. 
of citron cut in thin slices, 1 pt. black molasses, 1 teaspoon soda dis- 
solved in a cup of cream, 3 glasses of brandy, 2 teaspoons of cloves. 
2 of mace, 2 of cinnamon. Salt and nutmeg to taste. Mix all to- 
gether thoroughly. Line a baking pan with greased paper and bake- 
slowly. 



2 8o FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

SPONGE CAKE. 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings, Cambridge, Mass. 

Contributed by Mrs. Morris Longstreth, Philadelphia, Pa. 

A salt spoon of salt must be added; 5 eggs, a coffee cup of 
sugar, half the weight of the eggs in flour, the grated rind of 1 
lemon, and a large half of the juice. Beat the whites to a stiff 
froth. Rub with a spoon the yolks and sugar together, the rind of 
the lemon having been grated into the sugar, before the whites are 
beaten, as they must not stand after they are brought to a stiff froth. 
Then add the whites and stir well, then the flour and stir only just 
enough to mix it in, then the lemon juice which must be ready. Put 
into> a pan and bake 25 minutes. 

CROXYNOS. 

This Recipe was Used by Mrs. Pierre Surget (nee Catherine 
Hubbard, of Natchez, Miss., 1749). 

Contributed by Miss Louise Puquct du Bellet, Natchez, Miss. 

Twelve well beaten eggs, 1 pint brown sugar, 1 tablespoon 
ground cinnamon, 1 wine glass of brandy or wine, and if desired a 
little pounded orange peel. Beat these well together, and sufficient 
flour to make a stiff dough. Roll thin, cut in squares or oblong, and 
with a sharp knife slit across. Fry in boiling lard. 

QUIRE OF PAPER PANCAKES. 

Contributed by Mrs. Gulielma Harrison, Brandon, Va. 

Beat sixteen eggs, add to them one quart of milk, y 2 lb. flour, 
one nutmeg, 1 lb. melted butter, 1 lb. sugar, 2 gills of wine. Take 
care that the flour is not in lumps. Butter the pan for the first pan- 
cake. Run them as thin as possible — when colored they are done. 
Do not turn them, but lay them carefully on a dish, sprinkling pow- 
dered sugar between each layer. Serve them hot. This quantity 
will make 4 dozen pancakes. The half is a good size dish for dessert. 



CAKES 281 

BLACK CAKE. 

Made by Mrs. John Somers Smith, Philadelphia, Pa., Former- 
ly Miss Eliza Porterfield of Scotland, (1790). 

Contributed by Mrs. D. Leeds Miller, Haverford, Pa. 

One lb. butter, 1% lb. sugar, 1*4 lb. flour, 2 lbs. raisins, 2 
lbs. currants, 154 lb. citron, 12 eggs, 1 cup brandy, % teaspoon 
cloves, 2 teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, Y / 2 lb. blanched almonds chopped 
fine. Cream butter and sugar together, add flour and eggs beaten 
very light, alternately, flavor your fruit before adding, then the 
brandy and spices and nuts. 

WASHINGTON CAKE. 

Emile Victorine Wierman, (1850). 

Contributed by Mrs. Thco. N. Ely, Bryn Mazer, Pa. 

Four eggs, i*4 lbs. sugar, $4 lbs. butter, 1 pint sour cream, 
i-)41bs. fruit-raisins and currants mixed, j4 lb. citron, 1^4 lbs. flour, 

1 wineglass sherry, 1 wineglass brandy, 1 tablespoonful ground cloves, 

2 tablespoonfuls ground cinnamon, 1 tablespoonful ground nutmeg. 
Mix as an ordinary fruit cake. Bake in well greased earthenware 
Turk's head, in slow oven, probably 2 hours. This makes one large 
and one small cake. 

IMPERIAL CAKE. 

Miss M. Biddle, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One lb. butter, 1 lb. sugar, 1 lb. flour, 12 eggs, 1 lb. stoned 
raisins, ^4 lb. citron, 1 lb. blanched almonds, one nutmeg, wineglass 
of sherry. 

LITTLE POUND CAKES. 

Miss M. Biddle, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One and one fourth cups of flour, 1 cup of sugar, T / 2 cup of butter. 
4 eggs, 1 teaspoonful of baking powder, 2 teaspoonfuls of cream. 



282 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

MARGUERITES. 

Contributed by Mrs. Gulielma Harrison, Brandon, Va. 

Rub together i lb. 6 oz. sugar, i lb. 6 oz. butter till very light. 
Beat 8 eggs till very thick, leaving out the whites. Sift 2 lbs. flour 
into the eggs, butter and sugar. Have a teaspoonful of mixed 
spices — cinnamon, mace and nutmeg — to a half glass of rose water. 
Stir the whole well, and roll it out about a half an inch thick. Then 
cut out your cakes, and bake a few minutes. When they are cold, 
spread each with peach preserves. Beat the whites of 4 eggs very 
light, and add ]/ 2 lb. powdered sugar to make them as thick as icing. 
Flavor with lemon juice or rose water, and with a spoon spread it on 
the cakes high in the center. Put the cakes again in the oven, and 
when they are of a pale brown they are done. 

DEWEY CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Prescott Adamson, Germantown, Pa. 

Three eggs, "y^ cup butter, i J / 2 cups sugar, 2 cups flour and 2 
teaspoons baking powder, 1 cup milk. Bake in 3 jelly tins. Mix- 
ture for the layers : 2 tablespoons water, y 2 cup powdered sugar. 
Simmer at the back of stove until it becomes stringy. Beat whites 
of 3 e tog s stiff, and then add to syrup and beat until cool, then add 1 
cup chopped figs, 1 cup English walnuts, 1 cup seedless raisins. Ice 
the top with 3 tablespoons powdered sugar mixed with lemon juice 
to make a soft paste. It should not be hard. 

GINGERBREAD. 
Dr. Meigs, Philadelphia. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Three lbs. of flour, T / 2 lb. of butter, 2 tablespoons soda. Rub 
butter, flour and other ingredients together and mix with as much 
molasses as will make a dough. Roll into thin sheets, cut in any 
shape you fancy and bake in moderate oven. 



CAKES 283 

BLUEBERRY CAKE. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

For two sheets of cake take a cupful of sugar, a tablespoon of 
butter, an egg, 3 cupfuls of blueberries, or more if you choose, a 
cupful of milk, 2 cupfuls and a half of sifted flour, 3 teaspoons of 
baking powder and a light grating of nutmeg. Rub the butter and 
sugar together. Break the egg upon this mixture, and beat thor- 
oughly; then add the milk, and next the flour in which nutmeg and 
baking powder have been mixed. Beat quickly and vigorously, and 
afterwards stir in the berries very gently. Pour into buttered pans 
and bake in a rather hot oven for 35 minutes. 

SOFT GINGERBREAD. 

Contributed by Mrs. E. W . Clark, Gcrmantozvn, Pa. 

One egg beaten light, 1 cup of sugar house molasses, 5 teaspoons 
of melted butter. Beat them well together. Into i'y 2 cups of flour 
mix 1 teaspoon of ginger and two of cinnamon. Sift into mixture 
and stir well, add y 2 cup of hot water into which has been dissolved 

1 even teaspoon of soda. Bake on buttered paper. 

ENGLISH TEA CAKE. 
Contributed by Mrs. Prescott Adamson, Germantown, Pa. 

Two tablespoonfuls butter, ]/ 2 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 2 cups flour, 

2 teaspoons ful of baking powder sifted in with the flour, enough 
milk 10 make a cake batter, 1 cup currants, 1 pinch salt. Bake in 
pie plates (this makes two), cut open and butter hot. 

SOFT GINGERBREAD. 

Contributed by Miss Mary Lapsley-Pyle, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One cup butter, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup molasses, 1 cup sour 
cream, 3^2 cups flour, 3 eggs, 1 teaspoonful baking soda dissolved 
in hot water, 1 tablespoonful cinnamon, 1 tablespoon ful ginger. 



284 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

RJCE CAKE. 
Miss M. P. Connelly, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One half lb. butter, i lb. sugar, 8 eggs, i wineglass brandy, i 
nutmeg, Y\ lb. rice flour, whites and yolks of eggs to be beaten 
separately. 

CIDER CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Ellen Upton Philler, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Three cups flour, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 1 teaspoonful soda 
dissolved in a cup of cider, cloves and ginger. Very good when 
made right. 

NEW YEAR CAKE. 

Miss Catherine Bishop, Orange, N J., (1745). 

Contributed by Miss F. Virginia Baldwin, West Orange, N. I. 

Take $4 lb- of butter, 1% lbs. of sugar, y 2 pint of water poured 
boiling on the sugar, 1 teaspoon of saleratus, carraway seeds to taste ; 
iy 2 lbs. of flour. 

CUP CAKE. 

Madam Stephen Ward, East Chester, N. Y. (1760). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

One cup butter, i'y 2 cups sugar, 3 cups flour, 4 eggs well beaten. 
1 cup milk, % teaspoonful baking powder, the juice of one lemon, 
and nutmeg to taste. 

JUMBLES. 

Mrs. Catherine Leaf Smith, Reading, Pa., (1880). 

Contributed by Mrs. J. J. Frailey Smith, Philadelphia, Pa, 

One lb. flour, 1 lb. sugar, y 2 lb. fresh butter, 2 eggs, 2 table- 
spoonfuls brandy. Beat together. Roll in sugar and cinnamon and 
bake in slow oven. Carraway seed may be added if liked. 



CAKES 285 

ENGLISH CAKES. 

Mrs. Catherine Leaf Smith, Reading, Pa. (1800). 

Contributed by Mrs. J. J. Frailey Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One half lb. sugar, ]/ 2 lb. butter, 1 lb. flour, x / 2 lb. currants, 3 
eggs. Little nutmeg and water. Mix well and drop from spoon 
on buttered paper pans. Bake in hot oven. 

GINGERBREAD. 

Contributed by Mrs. Clara Lee Pollard, Montgomery, Ala. 

One coffee cup New Orleans molasses, 1 coffee cup of butter, 1 
coffee cup of sour milk, 2]/ 2 cups brown sugar, 5 cups of flour, 4 
eggs, 2 teaspoons soda, 2 tablespoons ginger, y 2 teacup of whiskey. 
Figs and raisins cut fine and added, are very nice. 

MRS. ROOSEVELT'S RECEIPT FOR SPICE CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. 

One cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup milk, 4 eggs, 4 cups flour, 
2 te*aspoonfuls Royal Baking Powder, 1 teaspoonful ground cinna- 
mon, y 2 teaspoonful nutmeg. 

SAND TARTS. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, Nezv York. 

One and one fourth lbs. flour, Y\ lb. butter, 3 eggs beaten sepa- 
rately, 1 lb. sugar, either nutmeg or cinnamon flavor. Place almonds 
on top after rolled out thin. 

NEW YEAR'S CAKE. 

Mrs. Morris R. St.roud, Philadelphia, Pa. 1870. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two lbs. of flour, 1 lb. of sugar, J / 2 lb. of butter, 1^2 tea cups 
of milk, y 2 teaspoon of pearl ash, 1 oz. of caraway seed. 



286 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

HARD GINGERBREAD. 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings, Cambridge, Mass. 

One cup of butter, 3 of sugar, 4 of flour, 1 of milk, teaspoonful 
of soda, 5 eggs, juice and peel of 1 lemon. 



FILLINGS FOR CAKES. 



FILLINGS FOR CAKES. 

FILLING. 

Mrs. L. M. Warfield, Savannah, Ga. 

Contributed by Miss Hill, Bryn Mann', Pa. 

Soft white icing, i pt. grated cocoanut, i lb. English walnuts 
(weighed in shells), one third lb. seeded raisins (chopped), I large 
bunch Malaga grapes, seeded and quartered. Add this to well beaten 
whites of 3 eggs to which has been added i cup of sugar. 

ICING. 

Mrs. E. S. Elliott, Savannah, Ga. 

Contributed by Mrs. George W . Anderson, Savannah, Ga. 

Three eggs, I cup water. 3 cups sugar. Beat very light the 
whites of 3 eggs. Put sugar and water on to boil and let cook with- 
out stirring at all until on dropping a little from the spoon it flies in 
the air. Then it is done and ready to be taken off and poured slowly 
on to the beaten whites, beating them all the time it is being poured. 
Season with vanilla and continue beating until the icing is thick 
enough not to run when put between the layers of cake. 

FILLING. 

Miss Mary Savage Jones, Savannah, Ga. 

Contributed by Miss Hill, Bryn Mazvr, Pa. 

One pt. milk, 4 even tablespoonfuls of sugar, 1 egg, 2 table- 
spoonfuls of flour, moistened in a little cold milk. Stir until very 
thick, and put by to cool. Flavor to taste. This is nice served with 
cream. 

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29 o FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

FILLING FOR MARSHMALLOW CAKE. 

Mrs. Whittle, Savannah, Ga. 

Contributed by Mrs. George IV. Anderson, Savannah, Ga. 

Boil 2 cups of sugar with i cup of water, until it ropes. Just 
before removing from the stove, add y 2 lb. of marshmallow broken 
into bits. Pour this gradually into the well-beaten whites of two 
eggs. Beat continuously until nearly cold. 

FILLING FOR CARAMEL CAKE. 

Mrs. Whittle, Savannah, Ga. 

Contributed by Mrs. George W. Anderson, Savannah, Ga, 

Three cups brown sugar, 3 tablespoons butter, 1 cup sweet milk. 
Mix well. Put on the fire and stir constantly until very thick. Then 
add 2 teaspoons vanilla. Beat until almost cold. Chopped nuts 
may be added while beating if desired. 

FILLING. 

Mrs. L. M. Warfield, Savannah, Ga. 

Contributed by Miss Hill, Bryn Mawr, Pa, 

Grated rind and juice of 2 lemons, '^2 cup of butter, yolks of 
3 eggs, 1 cup of sugar. Beat butter, sugar and eggs together thor- 
oughly and cook until it thickens. Use the whites of the eggs for 
frostins - . 



PICKLES. 



PICKLES. 

PICKLE. 

Virginia housekeepers have always been noted for their pickles, 
and their receipts are good, old, and tried ones. After all, a decade 
brings around its customs, modified. In an old history which I have 
recently read an account is given of the old days and entertaining at 
Mount Vernon, and mentions that just before dinner was announced 
the old butler would pass pickle with the mint juleps. So now before 
dinner we have an olive in our cocktail. 

Sue Mason Maury Halsey. 
Mrs. James T. Halsey. 
The following receipt is from my Great-Aunt's cook-book, Miss 
Mary Harlan Pyle, of West Chester, Pa., which book probably be- 
longed to my Great-Grandmother, Mrs. Tiba Pyle. of West Ches- 
ter, Pa. 

OLD VIRGINIA PICKLE. 

Contributed by Mrs. John Beverly Roberts, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

One half pk. of ripe tomatoes, ]A pk. green tomatoes, I small 
head of cabbage, i doz. onions, 'y 2 doz. red peppers, l / 2 doz. green 
peppers, l / 2 lb. celery chopped fine. Salt well and let stand 24 hours, 
drain thoroughly, cover with best cider vinegar and boil 1 hour; add 

1 cup of grated horseradish, 2 tablespoonfuls white mustard seed. 

2 tablespoonfuls of brown mustard seed, 1 tablespoonful powdered 
cloves, 1 tablespoonful allspice, 1 tablespoonful ground mustard. 

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2 y 4 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

AUNT C'S CHOW CHOW. 

Private recipe 75 years old. 

Contributed by Mrs. Louis R. Lemoine, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Ten heads of cabbage (hard packed). It is better to get them 
in fall or winter. Slice cabbage 'y 2 in. thick, crosswise, pack it in a 
new tub or very large vessel, cover with salt and cold water (which 
you will make strong enough to hold an egg), then add about a 
quarter more water. Slice, crosswise, 6 large white onions, sprink- 
ling salt between each layer. Next morning wash the onions and 
cover with fresh cold water. Drain the cabbage from the brine and 
chop it. Put. a layer of cabbage in a large wooden bowl, sprinkle 
some of the chopped onions, some turmeric, and a handful of celery- 
seed, and so on, layer after layer. Then mix with, hands thoroughly. 
While this is being done have in your preserving kettle about 1% 
g-allons of white vinegar with ten cents worth of nice fresh cinna- 
mon, some whole grains of black pepper, a little mace, a few cloves 
and a few pods of dried red peppers, or a level teaspoon of cayenne 
pepper. Boil until the vinegar is quite strong of the spices, add to 
the vinegar about 2 lbs. of sugar. Strain the vinegar through a thin 
muslin bag over the cabbage. Wash out the kettle and transfer the 
mixture to the kettle and scald until hot all through, but do not let 
it boil or cook. Stir frequently with a wooden spoon. At the time 
you put the cabbage in bowl to be chopped, take about y 2 of a 40-cent 
box of good mustard and mix it, smooth, and quite thick, with warm 
water. While the cabbage is cooling, beat into the mustard a bot- 
tle of the very best olive oil, as you would for a nice, smooth, dress- 
ing, adding vinegar until smooth and thick. When the cabbage is 
cool mix the dressing well in, put into '^2 gallon jars and cover 
closely. In two or three days it will be ready for use. 

Ingredients Needed. — Ten heads of cabbage, 6 large white 
onions, i'J^ gallons white wine vinegar, 10c. worth of fresh cinna- 
mon, whole black pepper, mace cloves, cayenne pepper, 2 lbs. of 
sugar, Yz of a 40-cent box of mustard, bottle of oil, 3 oz. fresh celery 
seed, 2 oz. bright yellow turmeric. 



PICKLES 295 

FRENCH PICKLE. 

Contributed by Airs. Mary Palmer Bispham, Richmond, Va. 

One pk. of green tomatoes, 1 head of cabbage, 10 onions, 12 
green peppers, 1 lb. of white mustard, 2 oz. of mace, 4 tablespoons 
of cloves, 4 tablespoons of allspice, 2 of ground black pepper, 2 lb. 
of sugar, 4 oz. celery seed and 4 tablespoons of olive oil. Mix and 
let them stand over night in cider vinegar, enough to cover well. 
Then boil 2 hours. The next morning you can add more vinegar at 
discretion if not well covered as it boils, and enough to cover when 
done. 

SPICED PEACHES. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

This came from a cook who lived with Mrs. Byerly Hart, and 
previous to that with her mother, Mrs. Sigmund Horstmann. 

Contributed by Mrs. Walter R. Horstmann, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Seven lbs. of fruit, 1 pt. of vinegar, 3 lbs. of sugar, cinnamon 
(about 3 pieces, 4 inches long), 1 oz. of allspice, 1 oz. cloves. Tie 
the spices, which must be whole, in a thin piece of muslin. Boil 
sugar, vinegar and spices together, pare and cut the peaches in half, 
and pour the mixture hot on the peaches, and let stand over night. 
Pour it off and bring it to a boil again, and pour on the peaches a 
second time, and put all in the kettle and boil 3 minutes. 

SMALL CUCUMBER PICKLE. 

Contributed by Miss Elizabeth White, St. Paul, Mo. 

One hundred small cucumbers sliced thin, not pared; sprinkle 
over them a cup of salt; let them stand over night; drain well in the 
morning, then add *4 lb- white mustard seed, j4 lb. black mustard 
seed, ^4 celery seed, 4 coffee cups of olive oil, 2 teaspoons of sugar. 
Mix very thoroughly, add to cucumbers, cover the whole with hot 
vinegar. 



296 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

ONION PICKLE. 

Mrs. Alice Cotell Palmer, Wilson County, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. Mary Palmier Bispham, Overbrook, Pa. 

Peel 2 gallons of small white onions and put on stove in porce- 
lain kettle, covering them with water in which dissolve a pint of salt, 
just as the water gets hot take them off, pour onions and water in jar 
for two days, then drain for several hours. Put into a jar plain 
vinegar all night, and then drain again 3 hours, and put into jar and 
cover with vinegar which you must boil ; 2 lbs. brown sugar, a cup 
of allspice, a y 2 cup celery seed, a y 2 cup of white mustard seed, 
spoonful turmeric. Pour this over the onions and fasten up for a 
month. 

TOMATO PICKLE. 

Contributed by Mrs. M. Kim Miller, Nezu York. 

One pk. green tomatoes, y pk. small white onions, 1 oz. celery 
seed, 75 small cucumbers, 25 small red peppers, y lb. mustard seed, 
1 oz. cloves, 1 oz. allspice, iy 2 lb. brown sugar. . Cover with cold 
vinegar. 

MUSTARD PICKLE. 

Mrs. Robert G. Gamble, Haverford, Pa. 

One qt. large green, cucumbers, cut into small pieces ; 1 qt. tiny 
cucumbers, 1 qt. green tomatoes cut into pieces, 1 qt. small white 
onions, 1 large cauliflower divided into flowerets, 4 large green pep- 
pers. None of these ingredients are to be chopped, but cut in squares 
or small pieces. Put in brine 24 hours made of 1 cup salt to 1 gal- 
lon water. Scald until thoroughly heated through in the brine, 
drain well. Make a smooth paste of 6 tablespoonfuls common mus- 
tard (not that in bottles), 1 tablespoonful turmeric, 1 cup flour, 1 cup 
sugar, and 2 qts. of mild vinegar. Mix dry ingredients together with 
a little cold vinegar, then scald until very smooth, stirring constantly. 
When done, pour over the pickles, stir through bottle. Makes 4 qts. 



PICKLES 297 

CUCUMBER MASH. 

Mrs. Nathaniel Chapman (1820), Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Mrs. William R. Philler, Havcrford, Pa., her Great- 

Granddaughter. 

Late in September take 1 bushel of full grown green cucumbers, 
peel and slice them, sprinkle with salt and let them stand on a sieve 
2 hours, so that the water may run off. Then chop up fine, and add 
2 doz. large onions cut small, 1 lb. white mustard seed, ^2 lb. ground 
mustard, l /\ lb. black pepper ground, 1 lb. black mustard seed. Mix 
all together with best wine vinegar, making the consistency of thick 
catsup and fill your jars, tying up and closing tight. Sometimes the 
vinegar soaks up, and it is necessary to add vinegar after a few days 
to each jar. 

CHOW CHOW OR TOMATO PICKLE. 

Mrs. E'. W. Horstmann, Philadelphia. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Cut a peck of green tomatoes in nice slices, salt them and let 
them lie 24 hours, then drain and press them dry with a towel ; 6 
large onions cut in slices, x /\ lb. of mustard seed, y 2 lb. ground mus- 
tard, 1 oz. black pepper, y 2 oz. ground ginger, x /$ oz. of cloves. Mix 
the spices, put a layer of tomatoes, spices and onions, alternately, into 
the kettle. Cover with strong vinegar and boil 20 minutes. 

PEPPER HASH. 

Mrs. George Philler, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Mrs. IV m. R. Philler, Haver ford, Pa. 

To 3 heads of cabbage, add 2 doz. peppers chopped, handful of 
mustard seed. Put in jars, heat vinegar and pour over quite hot; 
mix it up and let it stand until the next day. Pour off, heat again, 
and pour over. When cold tie up. 



298 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

CHOW CHOW PICKLE. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two heads of cabbage, 6 red peppers, 6 green peppers, 2 doz. 
white onions, 1 doz. cucumbers. Slice all fine. Put them into a 
colander, sprinkle with salt well throughout. Put a press on it and 
let stand 24 hours. Have ready ]/ 2 gal. cold vinegar into which 
put 1/2 oz. ground mustard seed, 1 teacup of grated horseradish, a 
few whole cloves and allspice. Tie up in a thin bag half an 
ounce of turmeric, put it into the middle of the pickle. Put pickle into 
a stone jar and pour your spiced vinegar on it adding a tablespoon 
of brown sugar. 

BORDEAUX SAUCE. 

Miss Boughter, Philadelphia, Pa., (1865). 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One gallon green tomatoes cut in slices, 2 gallons cabbage cut 
coarsely, 1 doz. onions, 1 oz. of turmeric, 1 oz. celery seed, 1 oz. of 
whole cloves, 1 oz. whole allspice, 1 oz. whole peppers, ]/ 2 oz. ground 
ginger, y 2 oz. white mustard seed, y 2 lb. brown sugar, 1 gallon vine- 
gar. Mix all together, boil 20 minutes, put salt on cabbage, onions 
and tomatoes and let stand about J / 2 hour, then drain before adding 
spices and vinegar. 

GRAPE SAUCE. 

F. L. Lewis, Canada. 

Contributed by Mrs. Wm. A. Glasgow, Jr. 

Five lbs. of fruit, 1 pt. of vinegar, 3 lbs. of sugar, 1 tablespoon 
of cinnamon, 1 tablespoon cloves, 1 tablespoon allspice. First sepa- 
rate the pulp from the skins and put in separate dishes. Boil the 
pulp until seeds rise, then strain through a sieve, add the skins, spice, 
sugar and vinegar. Boil altogether about 30 minutes and bottle. 



PICKLES 2QQ 

DANIEL WEBSTER'S RECIPE FOR PICKLE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Russell Davenport, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One half peck green tomatoes, 2 large heads of cabbage, 15 
white onions, good size, 25 encumbers. Cut the cabbage as for slaw. 
Chop cucumbers, onions and tomatoes in small pieces. Then salt 
in layers and let it stand 24 hours. Take 3 qts. of best cider vinegar. 
3 lbs. of brown sugar, ]/ 2 teacup of turmeric, y 2 cup ground pepper 
(black), 1 oz. of celery seed, Y\ lb. of white mustard seed and 3 or 4 
ripe, red tomatoes. Cut in pieces, boil this together. Drain salt from 
pickle and pour vinegar over boiling hot. When cold the last day 
mix a l /\ lb. of mustard seed, a cup of best olive oil, 1 dessertspoon 
curry powder and 1 qt. of vinegar. Mix oil and mustard, adding 
vinegar and stirring well through the pickle. 

SWEET TOMATO PICKLE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Richard Gilpin, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take y 2 pk. green tomatoes, 4 green peppers, 4 raw onions. 
Slice them and put in earthen crocks alternately with salt sprinkled 
through. Leave to soak over night, then drain off and put on stove 
to boil. Mix in ]/\ lb. of ginger, *4 lb. of cinnamon, 1 lb. of sugar. 
54 lb. of allspice. Cover with good, strong vinegar and boil until 
soft and brown. Put away in earthen jars. 

OIL CUCUMBER. 

Contributed by Miss Belle Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Pare and cut well grown cucumbers in thick slices 1 inch, or 
lengthwise, add a large onion as for the table, sprinkle well with 
salt and let stand over night. Drain in a colander for 4 or 5 hours. 
Put first in your quart jar 3 teaspoons salad oil, then layers of cu- 
cumbers, horseradish scraped fine. A little of each cayenne and 
black pepper and turmeric. Fill jar with strong cold vinegar and 
cover closely. Cucumbers must be kept well under the vinegar. 



3 oo FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

GERMAN CANTELOPE PICKLE. 

Mrs. John Minor Maury (an old receipt), Fredericksburg, 

Va., (1830). 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia. 

To 7 lbs. of fruit put 3 lbs. of sugar, 1 qt. of vinegar, cloves and 
mace and cinnamon, if you like it, to your taste. First cut fruit in 
slices, take out seeds and soft part and pare off rind very thin. Boil 
fruit in water 10 minutes, lay on dish to cool. Put on the vinegar, 
sugar, spices and when it comes to a boil put in fruit 5 minutes. 
Now put fruit in jar and let syrup boil 10 minutes longer and pour 
syrup over fruit in jar. Preserved ginger is an improvement. 

GREEN TOMATO PICKLE. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Slice 1 pk. of green tomatoes, sprinkle salt over them. Let them 
stand 24 hours, drain them from the liquor. Prepare the following 
ingredients: Slice 3 lemons, slice 12 large onions, take ]A lb. of 
ground mustard, y^ lb. ground mustard seed, 1 oz. ground cloves, 1 
oz. ground ginger, 1 oz. ground allspice, 1 oz. of black pepper 
pounded fine 1 oz. coriander seed, 1 oz. celery seed, 5 lbs. brown 
sugar. Put alternate layers of onion tomatoes and spices in your 
kettle, cover all with strong vinegar and boil 1 hour and a quarter. 
When cold add teacup sweet oil. Pot to tie closely. 

SPICED PEACHES. 

Miss Marie Louise Hoxie, Philadelphia, Pa., (1858). 

Contributed by Mrs. IV. Jlinckle Smith. 

Five lbs. sugar to 9 lbs. of fruit, 1 pint of vinegar (dissolve 
sugar with the vinegar), y 2 oz. of mace, x / 2 oz. of cloves tied up in 
thin muslin and put on with the fruit. Boil 15 or 20 minutes until 
the peaches look clear. 



PICKLES 30I 

PICCALILLI. 

Contributed by Mrs. James Crosby Brown, Roscmont, Pa. 

A peck green tomatoes, 8 large onions chopped fine with one 
cup salt stirred in. Let it stand all night, in the morning drain off 
all the liquor. Take 2 quarts water and one of vinegar. Boil all 
together 20 minutes. Drain through a sieve or colander, put back 
in kettle, and turn over it 2 quarts vinegar and 1 lb. sugar. Add 
8 green peppers and 3 red peppers, chopped fine, y 2 lb. white mustard 
seed, 2 tablespoon fuls pepper, 2 of cinnamon, 1 of cloves, 2 of gin- 
ger, 1 of allspice, y 2 tablespoonful cayenne pepper. 

GREEN TOMATO PICKLE. 

Mrs. General Watts, Virginia. 

Contributed by Mrs. Frances E. Gamble, Haverford, Pa. 

Take 1 pk. of small green onions (6 or 8 onions), skin and 
sprinkle in layers with salt. Let them stand 24 hours and drain 
them by putting them in a sieve out of the brine, and pouring fresh 
water over them. Then scald in a strong ginger tea ( 1 lb. of ginger 
root slightly bruised to 1 qt. of boiling water). Take 1 oz. ground 
ginger, 2 tablespoonfuls of black pepper, 2 teaspoonfuls of ground 
cloves, 34 lb. of white mustard seed, y 2 cup of mustard, i.oz. all- 
spice, 3 oz. celery seed, and 3 lbs. of good, brown sugar. Put sliced 
onions and tomatoes in a kettle with the spices and sugar in alternate 
layers, and pour enough white vinegar to cover well. Cook the 
pickle until the tomatoes look clear and are tender (about an hour). 

CHILI SAUCE. 

Six large ripe tomatoes, 4 green peppers, 1 onion, 1 tablespoon 
of sugar, 1 tablespoon salt, iy 2 cups strong vinegar. Chop peppers 
and onions and boil 1 hour. 



3 02 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

GRANDMOTHER SUSAN RANDALL WILLIAMS' 
PRESERVED LIMES. 

Contributed by Mrs. Mary Razde Williams, Havcrford, Pa. 

Take the limes while perfectly green, put them in salt water 
strong enough to bear an egg; for 6 weeks (first cut in half and clean 
entirely of the pulp), then put in cold water for 24 hours, changing 
it every three hours, then boil in saleratus water until tender enough 
to run a straw through (one teaspoon salaratus to 6 quarts of water). 
Put them again in cold water, changing several times. To each lb. 
of limes take 2,y 2 lbs. loaf sugar and 3 pints of water. Boil the 
syrup 15 or 20 minutes to clear it before putting in the limes. 
Then boil 1 hour and 15 minutes. The limes will be a light green 
when they first come out of the salaratus water, but the sugar will 
darken them enough. 300 limes will make from 6 to 7 lbs., accord- 
ing to their size. 

GREEN TOMATO PICKLE. 

Mrs. John Staige Davis, University of Virginia, (1850). 

Contributed by Miss Jane Gamble, Roanoke, Va. 

Take 1 peck of green tomatoes, slice, sprinkle with salt. Let 
them stand 24 hours. Drain them by putting out of the brine into 
a sieve and pouring fresh water over them. Then scald in a strong 
ginger tea. With the tomatoes put in 6 or 8 onions sliced. Take 1 
oz. of ground allspice, 1 oz. ground ginger, 2 tablespoons ground 
black pepper, 2 teaspoons ground cloves, J /\ lb. white mustard seed 
and Y\ pint of prepared mustard, 3 lbs. of good, brown sugar. Mix 
well and place the sliced tomatoes and onions in a kettle with the 
spice and sugar in alternate layers and pour over the whole enough 
good vinegar to cover well. Let the pickle cook until the tomatoes 
look clear and are tender. 



CATSUPS. 



CATSUPS. 

CHILI SAUCE. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Five large onions, 8 green peppers chopped very fine, add 30 ripe 
tomatoes cut up, 5 tablespoons brown sugar, 3 oz. salt, 8 cups of vin- 
egar. Boil all together 2 l / 2 hours. Bottle for use. 

TOMATO CATSUP. 

Take 4 qts. of peeled tomatoes, and 2 qts. of vinegar, 6 red pep- 
pers sliced, 4 tablespoons of salt, 4 tablespoons of black pepper, 2 table- 
spoons of mustard, 3 tablespoons of allspice. Boil the whole 4 hours. 

TOMATO CATSUP. 
Contributed by Mrs. C. W. Dailey, Elk ins, W . Va. 

One bu. ripe tomatoes, '*/ gal. vinegar, ]/ 2 lb. of sugar, y 2 pt. salt, 
\Y 2 oz. black pepper, i l / 2 allspice, 2 oz. mustard, 1 oz. ginger, ]/ 2 oz. 
cloves, y% oz. cayenne, a little alcohol. Boil tomatoes gently x / 2 hour, 
then press through colander to remove skins and cores. Return liquid 
to porcelain lined kettle, and boil down one half. Add vinegar, sugar, 
salt and spices and boil down two thirds; catsup is not so dark if 
boiled down to two thirds, after adding vinegar alone, then sugar, salt 
and spices, letting it come to a boil, then removing from fire. Two 
small heads of garlic or a small onion chopped fine and added with 
spices is sometimes an addition. Bottle when perfectly cold, pouring 
a little alcohol in the top of each bottle. Cork and seal. — From 
National Cook Book of Philadelphia, which is, I understand, out of 
print. 

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3 o6 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

TOMATO CATSUP — THE BEST. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va. 

Contributed by Mrs. James T. Halsey, Philadelphia, Pa. 

To i gallon of juice passed through a sieve put \]/ 2 lbs. of 
brown sugar, 4 large onions chopped very fine, 2 tablespoons ground 
cloves, 2 of allspice, 1 large box mustard and a great deal of salt 
and red pepper. Place on fire and let it boil until it thickens. To 
this add not quite 1 qt. of vinegar just before it is done. 

CHILI SAUCE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Russell Robinson, Nelson County, Va. 

One hundred and eight tomatoes, 10 mango peppers, 9 onions, 6 
tablespoonfuls of salt, 4 tablespoonfuls sugar, 4 tablespoonfuls ginger, 1 
tablespoonful cloves, 1 teaspoonful allspice and 1 qt. vinegar. Chop 
tomatoes, peppers and onions fine. Boil and put through sieve, add 
vinegar and boil until done. Put spices in bag. Bottle when cold. 

TOMATO KETCHUP. 

Contributed by Miss Mary Lapsley-Pyle, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take 1 bushel tomatoes, boil until soft and squeeze through a 
fine wire' sieve and add 1^2 pts. salt, 2 oz. whole cloves, % oz. whole 
allspice, % oz - cayenne pepper, use carefully, 1^2 oz. whole black 
pepper, 5 heads garlic, 1 oz. celery seed, ^4 oz. good yellow mustard, 
Yi gallon vinegar. Boil until reduced to one half, and bottle when 
cold. 



PRESERVES. 



PRESERVES. 

GREEN SWEETMEATS. 

A Delicious Preserve. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

Pare the rind off of the watermelon and cut in shapes, and if you 
wish to have it green put it into kettle with alternate layers of grape 
leaves and small bits of alum. Then pour on Jwt water and let boil 
2 hours, then put fruit in weak ginger water and let simmer for 3 
hours. Then make your syrup, allowing to every pound of fruit 1 *4 
lbs. of sugar, 1 pt. of water; skim constantly and put in rind. Let 
simmer until tender, take fruit out and boil syrup until quite thick, pour 
over rind, which place in jars, letting syrup cover them well, and seal. 

GREEN SWEETMEATS. THE BEST. 
Contributed by Mrs. Lczvis N. Webb, Washington, D. C. 

Carefully pare with a very sharp knife your watermelon rind, 
taking off the outer green and leaving just the firm white rind about 
a quarter of an inch. After cutting rind in shapes you desire, put your 
rind into salt and water for 10 days, then clear water for 24 hours, 
changing water once. Then throw in strong alum water for 24 hours. 
Now throw rinds in a pot of water, add 2 tablespoonsful of ground 
ginger, cover your rinds with grape leaves, and boil until rinds are 
green. Now place them in cold water, changing water until rind is 
cold. Prepare a thin syrup of J /> lb. of sugar to 1 lb. of rind and let 
rinds simmer slowly, adding a few blades of mace. Let them stand 
in this syrup for 10 days or 2 weeks. Then put to this syrup !]/> lbs. 
of sugar to 1 lb. of rind, and after the syrup boils well put in rinds and 
let boil until clear. Boil 3 or 4 lemons in clear water and when tender 
add them to your syrup. Put in jars and cover closely. 

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3 io FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

BRANDIED PEACHES. 

A receipt from Mrs. J. D. Martinez Cardeza, Claymont, Delaware, 
from Historic Harewood, on the Smithfield Pike, near Charlestown, 
W. Va. The manor house was built under the superintendence of 
General George Washington, by his brother, Colonel Samuel Wash- 
ington, in 1752, and many a pretty maid, stately matron and gallant 
gentleman of Virginia has rejoiced in the, hospitality of the Wash- 
ingtons at Harewood. A list of their names would be a list of all the 
famous " F. F. V.'s." This old receipt is from an old book of Mrs. 
Samuel Washington of " Harewood," Virginia, bearing date 1822, and 
copied by her daughter, Mrs. Lucy E. Washington, of " Harewood," 
in 1840. 

Contributed by Her Granddaughter, Mrs. John M. Cardeza, Clay- 
mont, Del. 

Take large yellow or white clingstone peaches (not too ripe), rub 
off the down with a flannel cloth and score them down the rind with 
a needle. Scald them with boiling water, let them remain until cold, 
keeping them well covered all the time to enable the steam to go 
thoroughly through them. Take them out and spread them in a cloth 
to dry. Make your syrup, allowing a pound of sugar to every twelve 
peaches, a gill and a half of water to sugar, white of one egg. Boil 
sugar well and skim until it becomes perfectly clear. Then put in the 
peaches, let them come to a good boil, let them stand in syrup until 
next day, then add the brandy, 1 pt. to each -pound of peaches. Put 
them in a sealed jar. 

PEACH ENCHO. 

Anna Ledyard Cuyler ( 1845) . 

Contributed by Miss Josephine Barry Meeks, Orange, N. J. 

Seven lbs. fruit sliced or halved, 3*^ sugar, 1 pt. vinegar. Put a 
couple tablespoons of whole cinnamon or cassia buds, and 1 tablespoon 
whole cloves in a lace bag. Tie up closely, and boil it until sufficiently 
spiced, then remove. Boil fruit until thick as marmalade, then bottle. 



PRESERVES 3I , 

PINEAPPLE PRESERVES. 
Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

Cut from pineapple a part of the stem, leaving about I or 2 inches 
on the fruit. Put in a pot of water (I prefer copper, never an iron 
one). It will take some hours on fire, 5 or more. Test fruit by run- 
ning a straw through ; don't let it get too soft. When this can be 
done, take off, peel carefully taking out eyes, slice in thick slices, cut 
out core, weigh, and to each lb. of fruit i l / 2 lbs. granulated sugar. 
Put fruit and layers of sugar alternately and set aside until morning in 
stone or earthen jar. Cover top well with sugar. In the morning 
drain off syrup with every particle of sugar, scraping from every piece 
of fruit with silver knife. Put on fire, after it comes to a boil skim 
well. When it comes to a boil after skimming, throw in fruit care- 
fully, cook 10 minutes, take out fruit, place carefully in jars. Let 
syrup cook until it thickens. Then pour over fruit, covering well with 
syrup. 

TO BRANDY PEACHES. 
1806. 

Miss Nancy Cope's recipe, a celebrated Philadelphian, a contem- 
porary and an intimate friend of Mrs. Margaret Coleman Hemphill. 

Contributed by Mrs. Francis Taylor Chambers, Philadelphia, Pa. 

To 1 lb. of Heath peaches, y 2 lb. of loaf sugar. To get off the 
skin they must be thrown into a lye made of scalding potash, when 
after remaining a few minutes they may be taken out and rubbed clean 
with a coarse cloth and thrown into cold water. To make the syrup 
in which they are to be boiled, strew some of the sugar over the 
peaches, which makes liquid enough to dissolve the remainder, in which 
boil them three quarters of an hour ; they must then be taken out of 
the syrup and laid on dishes until the following day. Then to 1 pt. of 
syrup add 1 pt. of white brandy, mix them well together and cover the 
peaches with it as you lay them in your jars, which must be closed 
very tight. 



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STUFFED APPLES. 

A recipe from a written recipe book compiled from Mrs. R. O. 
Pritchard's collected and original recipes, of New Orleans, by Mrs. 
Theodore Shute, New Orleans, 1894. 

Contributed by Mr. Herbert L. Clark, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take 10 good sized sound apples (not sweet). Core them, 
removing as much of the inside as possible without making too thin. 
Chop fine two of the same kind of apples, also J / 2 tumbler of seeded 
raisins, *4 °f pecans after being picked out, the raisins cut with 
scissors, the pecans chopped fine. Mix with them butter and sugar 
and stuff the apples. Bake and add a teaspoonful of sherry to each 
apple. Serve with whipped cream, to which add a little sherry, the 
cream put over the apples. After placing in dish mount top of each 
with candied cherry. 

CURRANT AND RAISIN JAM. 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Maivr, Pa. 

Three and one half lbs. currants, 3 lbs. sugar, 1 lb. raisins, 2 
oranges. First, seed the raisins, and put a pint of water on them, and 
boil for 1 hour. While raisins are cooking, pick over the currants, 
squeeze the juice from the oranges, and keep the peel. Then put 
orange juice and peel with the currants, and let boil 15 minutes. 
Finally, put all together, and boil the whole for 15 minutes more. 
Then fill glasses while hot, and afterwards seal. 

ORANGE MARMALADE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Portieux Robinson, Richmond, Va. 

Slice and chop in fine pieces 6 oranges and 2 lemons ; to 1 qt. of 
fruit juice and rind add 1 qt. of cold water. Let stand over night. 
In the morning boil until tender, set aside again. Next day weigh, 
and add 1% lbs. of sugar to each lb. of fruit. Boil until chips of 
orange look clear and the syrup jellies. 



PRESERVES 313 

BRANDIED PEACHES. 

Contributed by Mrs. Elsie Ramce Arguimbau, New York (1845). 

White peaches, free stones, brush the clown off, stick each with a 
large needle in several places and put in cold water to cover them, put 
kettle on moderate fire, keep it scalding hot without boiling, until the 
fruit will yield to the touch, then put them carefully with a skimmer 
into cold water, let them remain 10 minutes, then drain, then cover 
with fresh water and remain 15 minutes, drain again and cover lastly 
with cold, and stand 10 minutes. Take Y\ lb. sugar to each lb. of fruit, 
one small teacup of water to each lb. of sugar; put on fire and boil 
until thick, then add an equal quantity of white brandy and pour over 
fruit. 

FIG PRESERVES. 

Mrs. Gabriel Benoist Shields (nee Catherine Surget. of 
Natchez, Miss. 1817). 

Contributed by Miss Louise Puquet du Bellet, of Natchez, Miss. 

Take figs nearly ripe. Cut them across on the top in the form 
of a cross. Let them remain in strong salted water for 3 days, chang- 
ing water every day. After 3 days boil them in fresh water with 
grape or fig leaves until quite green. Then put in cold water for 3 
days, changing water twice daily. After this add 1 lb. of white sugar 
to each lb. of figs, and put on to boil for a short while. Remove from 
the fire and put aside for a day or two, after which add 2 or more lbs. 
of sugar, and boil again until done. While the figs are boiling, add 
either sliced lemon or root ginger to your taste. 

PRALINES — CREOLE. 

Contributed by Mrs. G. H. Ellerbe, New Orleans, La. 

Eight cups of sugar, 8 cups of chopped pecans, 2.]/z cups of water. 
Let .sugar and water syrup and come to a boil, cook until it ropes, 
then add nuts and stir until cool. A few drops of vanilla may be 
added if desired. 



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TO PRESERVE QUINCES WHITE. 

Miss Gibbs, of Boston, September 24TH, 1812. 

Contributed by Mr. & Mrs. John- Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Pa. 

To three pounds of loaf sugar put 3 half pints of water and whites 
and shells of 3 eggs, boil and skim well, until it is clear, and put the 
quinces on the fire in cold water ; let them simmer until they are tender, 
let them cool a little, pare them with a sharp knife, cut them in quarters, 
take out the core and all hard or bruised parts ; put the quinces in the 
preserving pan with syrup enough to cover them, allowing for evapora- 
tion; cover the preserving pan until they begin to boil, then uncover 
them and skim them constantly, till they look transparent, when they 
will be done. Pour a little syrup in the bottom of the jar, then put a 
slice of quince, then pour a little syrup, and SO' on until the jar is nearly 
filled. The remainder of the syrup should be boiled the next day and 
poured over the quinces. 

YELLOW TOMATO PRESERVE. 

Contributed by Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One lb. of sugar to 1 lb. of tomatoes, and *4 pt. °f water for each 
pound. Flavor with sliced lemon which has been boiled before slicing, 
and ginger root. Tomatoes may be strained or not, as one pleases, but 
skin the tomatoes. Make syrup of water and sugar. When boiling 
add tomatoes and lemon slices and ginger. Boil till clear, then remove 
fruit and boil syrup until thick. 

PECAN MACAROONS. 

Mrs. Oliver Bonsh, Austin, Texas. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert L. Pollard, Austin, Texas. 

Three fourths of a lb. of pecans cut in bits, y 2 lb. light brown 

sugar, 3 eggs, whites only, a little cinnamon ; whip eggs, add sugar and 

nuts. If eggs are large, add more pecans. Bake on paper in»cool 

oven nearly 2 hours. 



PRESERVES 315 

MARSHMALLOWS. 

Contributed by Miss Josephine B. Meeks, Orange, N. J. 

Dissolve T / 2 lb. of clear white gum arabic in 1 pt. of water. Strain 
and add y 2 lb. of refined sugar, place over the fire and stir constantly 
until sugar is dissolved, and the mixture has become like honey. Then 
add the whites of 4 eggs previously beaten. Keep stirring the mixture 
until it becomes thin and does not adhere to the fingers. Flavor with 
rose or vanilla and pour into a pan dusted over with powdered starch. 
When cool divide into squares. 

PECAN KISSES. 
Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

Take 1 jelly glass of pecan kernels, having the nuts as nearly in 
halves as possible. Into the white of 6 eggs put 14 tablespoons of 
granulated sugar. Have the spoons a little more than level full. Mix 
sugar and eggs well and beat thoroughly, long and well, until they are 
stiff enough and will stand on paper without running. Beat in lightly 
the pecans and drop on smooth brown paper and bake in a moderate 
oven. 

BRANDY STRAWBERRIES. 

Miss Marie Louise Hoxie, Philadelphia, Pa.. 1858. 

Contributed by Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One lb. of sugar to 1 lb. of fruit, boil 3 to 5 minutes. To 7 lbs. 
of fruit, 1 pt. of brandy after it cools. 

GINGERED PEARS. 

Grandma Minor. 

Contributed by Miss Katharine Willcox, IVestport, Conn. 

Eight lbs. sliced pears (thin), 4 lbs. sugar or less (3 lbs.), 1 cup 
water, juice of 4 lemons, and rinds cut thin, y$ lb. green ginger root in 
pieces. Cook until thick as marmalade. 



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WINE JELLY. 

Madam Stephen Ward, East Chester, N. Y. (1760). 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mazvr, Pa. 

One pi. good sherry or Madeira, 1 lb. sugar, whites and shells of 
4 eggs, 2 oz. isinglass, juice of 4 lemons, rind of 1 lemon. Last of all 
add 3 pints of boiling water, and let it come to a boil. When it does 
so, boil for 15 minutes, take out the egg shells and strain through a 
thick woolen jelly bag until clear. Pour in moulds and put away 
to cool. 

GRAPE JAM. 

Contributed by Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon, Bryn Mazw, Pa. 

Six lbs. grapes, 2 lbs. raisins, 4 lbs. sugar, 4 large oranges. Boil 
the grapes (the pulp) until soft enough to rub through a colander, 
then add to skins and boil 10 minutes, then add sugar and cook 20 
minutes, then add raisins and orange peel, and cook all together until 
jellied. The raisins must be seeded and chopped, and only the yellow 
rind of the orange chopped fine. This is really a recipe for tart plums. 

ORANGE MARMALADE. 
M. E. Leager, Goderich, Lake Huron. 
Contributed by Mrs. Wm. A. Glasgozv, Jr. 

Thirteen oranges, 4 lemons, 8 lbs. of sugar. Slice very thin right 
through the fruit. Take out the seeds in slicing. Put in a stone jar 
and add 4 qts. of water. Let it stand for 36 hours, then boil 1 hour 
and a half. Add sugar and boil for 1 hour, when it should jelly. Do 
riot use ends of fruit. 

COUSIN MARION'S GREEN TOMATO PRESERVE. 

To a pound of tomatoes, y 2 lb. of sugar and a lemon. To each 
7 lbs. of tomatoes, 2 oz. of green ginger. Slice tomatoes and lemons, 
put sugar and all together, boil until nicely soft, add a very little water. 



PRESERVES 31; 

CARAMEL ALMONDS. 

Adelaide Y. Chilton, Goderich, Lake Huron. 

Contributed by Mrs. Wui. A. Glasgoiv, Jr. 

Blanch a cupful of almonds and add to them 2 tablespoonfuls of 
melted butter. Place the cup on the back of the range for an hour, 
then drain the nuts and spread in a shallow pan. Cook them in a 
moderate oven for about 15 minutes. Put 3 tablespoonfuls of sugar 
in a frying pan and stir over the fire until the sugar turns liquid. 
Instantly add the browned almonds and stir for half a minute. Spread 
them on a plate to cool. 

PEACH LEATHER. 

Contributed by Mrs. Susan Lymar Morris Bruce, Chestnut Hill, Pa. 

A Famous Old Southern Receipt. 

Take a peck of soft free stone peaches, pound them, press the pulp 
through a coarse sieve and to 4 qts. of pulp add 1 pt. of good brown 
sugar. Mix them well together and boil about 2 minutes. Spread the 
paste on plates and put them in the sun every day until the paste on 
plates looks dry and will leave the plates readily by passing a knife 
around the edge of the cakes. Dust some white sugar over the rough 
side and roll them up. Like sweet wafers, if kept in a dry place they 
will keep for several months. If weather is hot, three days will dry 
them. 

PECAN KISSES. 

Mrs. Philip Harding, Vicksburg, Miss. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert L. Pollard, Austin, Texas. 

One jelly glass of kernels, into the whites of 6 eggs put *4 table- 
spoon granulated sugar, a little more than level full, and beat until 
stiff enough to drop on paper without running. Add broken nuts and 
bake in moderate oven. It is best to turn baking pans upside down 
while bakinsr. 



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CHOCOLATE CARAMEL. 

Contributed by Miss Caroline Duer, New Jersey. 

One half lb. of Baker's chocolate, y% lb. butter, i cup cream, 23/2 
cups molasses, 25^2 cups chop chocolate, add sugar and cream, mix 
them and put on to boil, adding butter from time to time. Boil about 
20 minutes, or when brittle when dropped in water. Flavor with 
vanilla at last. 

TO PRESERVE QUINCES. 

Mrs. Samuel Powel, Philadelphia, Pa. (1800). 

Contributed by Mr. & Mrs. John Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Pare and core the quinces, then put them in cold water, and let 
them coddle for about J / 2 hour ; take them out, and to 5 lbs. of quinces 
allow 4 lbs. of sugar, which must be wetted with a little water and 
well skimmed ; then put your quinces in and cover them very close till 
they are boiled enough. Tie a few seeds in a piece of rag, and boil 
them with the syrup ; it will help to thicken it. Reserve ^4 lb- sugar, 
which, when the quinces are boiled enough, you add to the syrup. 

MINT CREAM. 

Mrs. Elwood Newton, Manitou, Col. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert L. Pollard, Austin, Texas. 

One lb. of sugar, 6 tablespoons of water, one-third teaspoon cream 
tartar, 6 drops oil of peppermint. Boil 3 minutes, add cream of tartar 
and peppermint, removing from fire and stir until it creams. Drop on 
oil paper. 

CARAMELS. 

Mary Rice. 

Contributed by Miss Josephine Barry Meeks, Orange, N. J. 

■ One cup of grated Baker's chocolate, }4 teacup of milk, 2 cups 
of brown sugar. Piece of butter size of walnut. Boil hard for 15 
minutes in a flat pan and test by dropping in cold water. 



DAINTIES, 



DAINTIES. 

CHEESE FONDU AU GRATIN. 

Contributed by Miss Josephine Barry Meeks, Orange, N. J. 

Soak a cupful of dry bread crumbs for 15 minutes in 2 cupfuls 
of hot milk. Dissolve a generous pinch of soda in the milk while 
heating-. Stir into this paste 3 well beaten eggs, a tablespoonful of 
melted butter, a pinch of cayenne and a saltspoonful of salt. Lastly, 
beat in rapidly a cupful of grated cheese. Pour into a greased pudding 
dish, strew dry cracker crumbs on top, stick bits of butter in them, dust 
delicately with cayenne pepper or paprika, and bake in quick oven, 
covered, for 15 minutes. Then uncover and brown lightly. Send to 
table at once, as it falls very soon. While puffy and hot it is most 
delicious. 

WELSH RAREBIT. 

Half lb. of cheese, 2 eggs, a speck of cayenne, a tablespoon of 
butter, y 2 teaspoon mustard, y 2 teaspoon of salt, y 2 cup of cream. 
Break the cheese in small pieces, put it and the other ingredients in 
bright saucepan which put over boiling water. Stir until the cheese 
melts, then spread the mixture on slices of crisp toast. Serve imme- 
diately. A cup of ale or beer can be used instead of cream. 

CREAM SANDWICHES. 

Mrs. W. D. Cleveland, Houston, Texas. 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert Lindsay Pollard, Austin, Texas. 

Grate a plate of ham or tongue. Boil 3 eggs half an hour 
and drop in ice water. When thoroughly cold mix the yolks to a 
cream with a tablespoon of fresh butter and enough cream to make it 
smooth paste. Add meat seasoning with a pinch of dry mustard and 
a dash of cayenne pepper. Cut crust from bread and slice thin. 
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322 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

CHEESECAKE. 

A very old receipt, used by Mrs. George D. Wetherill with success. 

Contributed by Mrs. Morris Hacker, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take % lb. butter. *4 lb. sugar, beat to a cream one wineglass of 
wine and one of brandy, yolks of 4 eggs beaten light. To a small 
dipperful of cottage cheese take one tumbler of cream and beat to- 
gether, then add to the latter. Stir in y 2 lb. stale cake crumbs, sponge 
cake, pound cake, or any good cake, the richer the better your pie will 
be, whites of 4 eggs beaten to> a snow, one small nutmeg, little cinna- 
mon and grated lemon rind to taste. Spread very thick on a single 
crust, and this will be enough for two pies or one cheesecake. The 
white of the eggs are to go into the cheesecake and not on top. 

CALVES' FOOT JELLY. 

Mrs. Toland, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Contributed by Mrs. Meredith Bailey. 

Boil the feet in about a gallon of water to each set, until clear of 
the bone. Strain and stand away until the next day. Then wipe the 
stock with a cloth or tissue paper, after carefully skimming off all 
grease, so that no particle remains, and measure your firm stock jelly. 
To each qt. of stock allow 1 scant lb. of sugar, 1 pt. of wine, the juice 
of 3 lemons, and the rind of 2, peeled thin, and the whites of 2 eggs 
with the shells. Put on stock, sugar and lemon juice ; as soon as it is 
hot, throw in the eggs to clear it; boil about 10 minutes; throw in the 
wine, bring to a boil once, then drip through a bag. 

DAFFODIL SANDWICHES. 

Contributed by Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Slice bread very thin, cut with a cake cutter with a hole in the center 
about the size of a thimble. Fill with lettuce, cream cheese and 
mayonnaise dressing. 



DAINTIES 323 

TO MAKE CREAM CHEESE. 

Westover, Va., October 30TH, 1787. 

Contributed by Mr. & Mrs. John Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Take 5 pts. of new milk and warm it. Then add to it 5 pts. of 
cream, with 2 tablespoon fuls of rennet. When it is sufficiently turned 
you press it, and in 2 or 3 days it can be eaten. 

NEW ORLEANS COFFEE BRULO. 

From " Antoine of New Orleans ". 

Contributed by Houston Eldredge, Fortress Monroe, Va. 

A tray is brought to the hostess bearing- a coffee urn, a silver 
bowl with a wide mouth, a small ladle, a little flask of brandy, a small 
dish of loaf sugar, another of whole spices, and still another with the 
peel of a mandarin orange minced fine. 

Put in the bowl a lump of sugar for each person, a tablespoonful 
of whole cloves, three stalks of cinnamon broken up, and the orange 
peel. Cover all this with the brandy, light it, let it burn, stirring it 
occasionally. 

When the flame disappears, pour in the coffee, which must be 
black and strong, till the bowl is full. Stir once more and ladle out 
the brew into coffee cups. 

The only thing to make this a complete success is the wide 
mouthed bowl. Be sure to use one in which the heat is not confined. 

ITALIAN CHEESE. 

Contributed by Miss Katharine Willcox, JVestport, Conn. 

Boil a knuckle of veal. When perfectly cooked, strain the liquor, 
remove the fat, take out the bones, chop the meat fine, add 1 grated 
nutmeg, j4 oz. each of cloves, allspice and pepper. Put the mixture on 
the fire to simmer gently, and when the liquor becomes jelly, pour into 
a mould, and let it remain until the next day. You may line the mould 
with hard boiled egg cut in slices. 



324 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

FOR THE SICK. 

Caudle (London, 1855). 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert E. Peterson, Philadaelphia, Pa. 

It is made in various ways. Make a fine, smooth gruel of half 
grits ; strain it when boiled well, stir it at different times till cold. 
When to be used, add sugar, wine, and lemon peel with nutmeg. 
Some like a spoonful of brandy besides the wine, others like lemon 
juice. 

Or, boil l / 2 pt. of fine gruel, with a bit of butter the size of a 
nutmeg, a large spoonful of brandy, white wine, and 1 of capillaire. 

FOR THE SICK. 

Mulled Wine (Philadelphia, Pa., 1850). 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert E. Peterson, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Half a pint of wine, */> pint of water, 1 egg, sugar and nutmeg to 
taste. Mix the wine and water together, let it boil. Beat the eggs 
in a pan, pour them into the wine, then quickly pour the whole from 
one vessel into another, 5 or 6 times. 

CHEESE PATTIES. 

Mrs. Henry Parkman, Boston, Mass. 

Make white sauce of butter and flour, add milk and beaten yolk 
ot 2 eggs, season, grate in American cheese, set away to cool. Make 
pastry cases, snd when ready to serve, beat your white of eggs light 
and fold into cheese mixture. Put into cases and heat and serve 
immediately. 

CHEESE STRAWS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles B. Maury, Washington, D. C. 

Half lb. of flour, }/ 2 lb. grated cheese, *4 lb- butter, a little salt 
and y 2 small spoon of cayenne pepper. Roll out very thin and cut in 
little strips. Bake quickly. Mix like pastry. 



DAINTIES 3 2 5 

TOASTED CHEESE. 

English Receipt, i8th Century. 

Elsie Chapin, Hot Springs, Va. 

Grate 3 oz. of good cheese, mix it with yolks of 2 eggs and 3 oz. 
of butter. Beat well, with dessertspoonful of mustard, some suet and 
red pepper. Toast some bread in 2 inch narrow pieces, spread the 
mixture very thickly upon it, put them in a covered pan and put in 
oven till hot through. Then remove cover and let the cheese brown. 

FOR THE SICK. 
Sago Milk (Philadelphia, Pa., 1850). 

Contributed by Mrs. Robert E. Peterson, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mash y 2 oz. of sago and soak it in a teacupful of cold water for 
an hour or more. Drain it and add 3 gills of good milk. Put it over 
the fire and let it simmer until the sago is entirely incorporated with 
the milk. Sweeten it with white sugar. It may be flavored with 
vanilla or nutmeg, if allowed by the physician. 

CREAM CHEESE. 

Dr. Horace Howard Furness, Linden Shade Farm, 
Pennsylvania. 

Contributed by Mrs. Win, D. Winsor, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Take 1 qt. of good cream, let it stand two days in a moderately 
warm place, stirring in half a teaspoon of salt. Then put it in a piece 
of cheese cloth and lay it on a plate on a porcelain lined colander, cov- 
ering it with another plate, on which put a weight. Leave it for 24 
hours, then change the cloth. Do this a third time and it will then 
be fit to use. It can be made more quickly of sour cream of 3 or 4 
days. 



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WELSH RAREBIT. 

Contributed by Miss Annie S. Hammond, Providence, R. I. 

Five large spoonfuls of milk, a good deal of soft fresh rich cream 
Connecticut cheese, 2 oz. butter, 7 spoonfuls mixed mustard, red pep- 
per, and 1 egg put in at the last moment and stirred furiously. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

HAIR TONIC. EXCELLENT. 

Contributed by Mrs. E. F. Griffiths, Philadelphia, Pa. 

One package of sage tea steeped half a day slowly, then strain, 
add y 2 a pt. of whiskey and 25 grains of quinine. Use daily at night 
until hair ceases to fall out. 

To Prevent Lockjaw. 

Apply beef gall at once. Old and well known remedy or pre- 
ventive. 

To Cure Diarrhoea. 

Make a tea of strawberry leaves and drink it or chew them. 
Also : 34 glass of claret, l / 2 teaspoon grated nutmeg 3 times 
a day will cure chronic trouble. 

BARRY'S TRICOPHEROUS. 

Contributed by Miss Pauline Johnson, Strafford, Pa. 

One qt. of alcohol, 1 oz. ticture of cantharides, 2 oz. compound 
spirits of lavender, 5 oz. best castor oil. Shake well the three first 
articles together, then add the oil, let it stand until well mixed, shaking 
often. Rub into the scalp with a little piece of sponge two or more 
times a week. 

WASH FOR BLANKETS. 

Katharine Comerford Barry, New York (1746). 

Contributed by Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Two large tablespoons of borax, 1 pint of soft soap, or dissolve 
hard soap, into large tub of cold water. When dissolved, put in 1 pair 
of blankets, let them remain all night. Next day rub them and rinse 
in two waters, all cold. Put a little blue in second water; do not 
wring, but hang out to dry from water. 

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33 o FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

MRS. JUDGE FREDERICK SMITH'S SALVE (1800). 

Take a pound of Castile soap, slice it very thin, put it in a brass 
skillet, to a pint of linseed oil; let it boil very well over a slow fire, 
until it boils up like soap-suds, then take it off and let it cool ; then put 
it on again, add to it y 2 lb. of red lead, and as much white, both 
finely sifted, stirring all the while, and when it begins to incorporate 
and turn brown, put into it 1 shilling's worth of the oil of amber ; take 
care you don't let it turn black ; wet a table and pour it on, and as soon 
as it cools make it up in balls. (Apply to inflamed or hardened sur- 
face on body.) 

MARGARET'S TRIED RECIPE FOR CHILLS AND FEVER. 

Contributed by Miss F. Virginia Baldwin, Orange, N. J. 

One oz. Peruvian bark, 1 oz. cream of tartar, ]/ 2 oz. whole cloves, 
y 2 oz. cinnamon broken up, 1 pt. of port wine. Mix all together. 
Dose : One tablespoonful 4 times a day. 

CANADA THISTLE TEA. 

Tops and leaves, 2 oz. of the thistles, 3 pts. of cold water. Put 
over a slow fire and steep it to 1 pt., then strain and set to cool. Take 
a small wineglass full 3 times a day about half an hour before each 
meal for neuralgia in the face. 

JEPTHA BALDWIN'S LINIMENT FOR ACHING MUSCLES. 

1800. 

Contributed by Miss F. Virginia Baldwin, Orange, N. J. 

Half pt. of alcohol, y pt. of spirits of turpentine, y 2 pt. of vinegar, 
1 egg broken into a bottle. To be well shaken before using. 

REBECCA ELLIOTT'S CURE FOR COLD. 

Half pint of Jamaica rum, y 2 lb. of honey strained, 5c worth of 
" balsam of fir." Dose : One dessertspoonful 3 times a day. 



MISCELLANEOUS 33I 

MRS. EMLEN'S RECEIPT FOR EYE WATER. 

Taken from Mrs. Lawrence's Receipt Book (1800). 

Contributed by Mr. & Mrs. John Cadzvalader, Philadelphia, Pa. 

For two quarts : Take 1 oz. of white vitriol and 4 scruples of sugar 
of lead. Infuse them into 2 qts. of spring or snow water and shake 
it every time you use it. 

SAFE, SURE AND QUICK RELIEF FOR RHEUMATIC 

PAINS. 

One lb. of washing soda in J / 2 bath tub of hot water. Soak the 
body in it for 1 5 minutes or y 2 an hour. 

FOR ANTS. 

Contributed by Miss Pauline Johnson, Strafford, Pa. 

Draw a line of chalk where red ants are, and they will not cross 
it. Sprinkle borax inside the line, and you will soon be rid of them. 



ADDITIONAL 
RARE OLD RECEIPTS. 



CONTRIBUTORS, 

Mrs. Davis Carneal Anderson Cincinnati, O. 

Mrs. Ferree Brinton St. Davids, Pa. 

Mrs. Francis von A. Cabeen Philadelphia, Pa. 

Miss Clara Townley Chase Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. De Courcey May \ Baltimore, Md. 

Mrs. George A. Dunning West Chester, Pa. 

Mrs. Lewis H. English Nezv Haven, Conn. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Esling Stuttgart, Germany 

Mr. Charles H. A. Esling Stuttgart, Germany 

Mrs. George D. Fowle Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. John C. Groome Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Anthony M. Hance Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. James Haughton Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

Mrs. Charles F. Hinckle Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Elisha Howard Providence, R. L 

Mr. C. Hartman Kuhn Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mr. John Lambert Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Charles M. Lea Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. A. D. Lockwood Providence, R. I. 

Mrs. Charles E. Maud Monterey, California 

Mrs. James Mauran Rhodes Ardmore, Pa. 

Mr. William Attmore Robinson Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Frank Samuel Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Wm. .Carpenter Scott Ardmore, Pa. 

Mr. Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. John Swan Baltimore, Md. 

Mrs. Robert W. Stuart New York City 

Mrs. Fred'k Sylvester Haverford, Pa. 

Miss Anne H. Wharton Philadelphia, Pa. 

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RARE OLD RECEIPTS. 

LADY BALTIMORE CAKE. 

Contributed by Mrs. Edith Lockzvood Danieldson Hozuard, 
Mrs. Elisha Howard, Providence, Rhode Island. 

i/<2 pounds sugar, 3 eggs, 1^2 pounds flour, iy 2 tumblerfuls of 
water, 1%. pounds butter; cream butter and sugar together, add one 
egg at a time, beating vigorously; add one-half the flour, then the 
water, and then the rest of the flour. When all are well mixed, add 
1 teaspoonful baking powder. This makes three large* round cakes. 

Filling — One cup chopped raisins, 1 cup English walnuts, broken 
up. Mix in boiled icing and spread between cakes, saving enough for 
the top of cake. 

Icing — Two tumblers sugar, 1 tumbler water. Boil till syrup 
will spin like glass, then pour in the whites of 2 eggs well beaten ; beat 
the white till it thickens and put in the nuts and raisins. Flavor cake 
with extract of almond, and icing with 1 teaspoonful of vanilla and 1 
teaspoonful of rose. 

YORKSHIRE MUFFINS. 
Contributed by Mrs. Davis Corneal Anderson, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

3^2 pounds flour, 1 cake of yeast, ]/ 2 ounce salt, 1 quart tepid 
water. Mix together, beat twenty minutes. Set at night, beat down 
in the morning ; let rise again ; beat down a second time ; turn out on 
bed of flour and with a spoon turn over in the flour. Grease the 
muffin rings ; set rings in a pan, fill with batter and let rise level with 
pan and bake on top of range. 

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GINGER SNAPS. 

Contributed by Mrs. A. D. Lockwood, Providence, R. I. 

* i cup broken butter, 2 cups Porto Rico molasses, 1 cup brown 

sugar, 2 teaspoonfuls soda, 2 teaspoonfuls yellow ginger, 1 heaping 
teaspoonful salt. Put molasses, sugar, butter, ginger, soda and salt 
together in a porcelain sauce pan and set on the fire, stirring till it 
boils and keeping at the boiling point for five minutes. Pour off into a 
big bowl and begin at once to stir in your flour (enough to make it 
as stiff as can be rolled). Do it quickly, moulding it with your hand 
as it gums too stiff for the spoon. It will not stick. Take what you 
can manage at a time and roll out very thin on a floured bowl. 
Cut it in small rounds, lay in shallow pans and bake immediately. 

THE ORIGINAL FISH HOUSE PUNCH.— 1732. 

The Schuylkill Fishing Company, organized in 1732 as " The 
Colony in Schuylkill." In 1871 " The Colony in Schuylkill " became 
" State in Schuylkill." The club exists to-day, and is generally 
spoken of as the " Fish House." It is at CornwelFs Station, New 
York Division, Penn. R. R., Bucks Co., Pa. 

Contributed by Agnes P. Roberts Groome, Mrs. John C. Groome, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

2 qts. of Jamaica Rum, 1 qt. brandy, 1 qt. lemon juice, 1 gill 
of peach brandy, % of a lb. of loaf sugar, 10 lb. block of ice. Dis- 
solve the sugar in 1 qt. of cold water, add the lemon juice, and place 
in bowl, add the liquor, which has been previously mixed, then the ice, 
and allow to brew for two hours, occasionally ladling the punch over 
the ice. 

MUFFINS IN RINGS. 

Contributed by Mrs. Lewis H. English, New Haven, Conn. 

Two cups flour, one cup milk, one egg, one tablespoonful sugar, 
one tablespoonful melted butter, pinch of salt, two teaspoonfuls bak- 
ing powder. Bake on griddle in rings. 



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GRAND BOUILLON. 
Contributed by Mr. C. Hartman Kuhii, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Put into a large pot a piece of beef and the scraps and parings 
of butcher's meat, such as beef, veal, mutton, and add to these car- 
casses, feet, necks, etc., of the poultry and game which have been 
prepared for cooking ; season with a few turnips, 6 or 8 carrots, the 
same of onions, a clove or garlic, 3 to 6 cloves, a bunch of pot-herbs, 
and a little salt. 

Put the pot, not quite filled with water, to a slow fire, skim it 
gently, and after every skimming, fill it up with cold water until it 
is perfectly limpid. Upon this Grand Bouillon will depend the ex- 
cellence of your sauces and soups, for, when well prepared, it is the 
mother which is to nourish everything. Let it cook gently many 
hours, then strain it through a napkin dipped in hot water, and put it 
in a cool place to use as required. When used for stews, add a little 
wine, ketchup, soy, etc., to please your taste. The articles to be 
cooked must be browned in a casserole with butter. 

STEWED FISH. 

Contributed by Mr. C. Hartman Kuhn, Philadelphia, Pa. 

2 large fish, y$ lb. butter, 1 bottle of claret, 1 wine glass Madeira 
wine, 3 tablespoonfuls of flour, l /> teacup of catsup, 2 onions sliced, 
a little mace, cloves, nutmeg and parsley. Brown the fish in butter, 
before stewing, and mix the flour and butter before putting them in 
the pan. 

WASHINGTON CAKE. 

Valerian Spencer Fullerton. 

Contributed by Air. John Lambert, Philadelphia, Pa. 

1 $4 lbs. flour, }i lb. butter, i l / 2 lbs. sugar, 1 pt. milk, 10 eggs, 
1 glass brandy, 1 nutmeg, 12 cloves, 1 lb. currants, 1 lb. raisins, 1 
teaspoon Pearl ash dissolved in brandy. 



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DELICIOUSLY STICKY SPONGE CAKE. 

Emeline Iungerich Fowle. 

Contributed by Mrs. George D. Fowle, Phila., Pa. 

Take 6 eggs, and their whole weight, in powdered sugar. Break 
them, and keep yolks and whites apart. Take .j4 their weight of 
sifted flour, the juice and grated rind of i lemon, unless a stronger 
flavor is desired, then use 2 lemons. Beat the yolks and sugar to- 
gether, until very light. Beat the whites until they are so light and 
dry, that you can turn the dish upside down. 

Add the lemon juice to the yolks and sugar, then half the flour, 
and % of the whites of the eggs. Put them with the yolks and 
sugar, in a bowl, and mix all together with a wooden spoon. Then 
add more flour, but do not use all the flour, if the batter is thick, for 
if too thick, it will make the sponge solid. 

The batter must drop evenly from the spoon. Then stir in 
lightly, on the top, the rest of the whites of the eggs, to make a light 
crust. Bake in a moderate oven twenty or twenty-five minutes. 
Grease the pans thickly with butter, as it makes the crust crisp. If 
the oven is too hot, the cake will puff up, and become dry and brown, 
and the crust will not form. The success depends upon the mixing 
and baking. 

PASTE PUDDING. 

Contributed by Lina S. Ives Brinton, Mrs. Ferree Brinton, 
St. Davids, Pa. 

Place 1 pt. of milk on the fire until at the boiling point. Then, 
take 3 tablespoonfuls of flour, stir it to a paste into the cold milk, 
add it very gradually to the boiled milk, stirring it for a few moments 
to thoroughly cook the paste and sweeten to taste. Take from the 
fire, and when cool add a tablespoonful of butter and 3 beaten eggs 
beaten together, also a generous glass of sherry, or brandy, and 10 
large seeded raisins. Pour into pudding dish lined with rich pie 
paste, and bake until pudding rises in the middle. 



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" RAMEQUIN." 

Contributed by Augustine Mellct H aught on, Mrs. James Haughton, 
Bryn Mazvr, Pa., Daughter of Madame Mellet Craux, La Bourdon- 
nette on Lake Leman. Lausanne, Suisse, 1830. 

J / 2 lb. of grated cheese, i l / 2 pts. milk, 1 tablespoonful flour, 5 
eggs, salt and pepper to taste. Boil the milk, add the flour, let it boil 
up, add the cheese, the eggs (the whites beaten stiff), beat thoroughly, 
strain it, season it and pour on pastry prepared for small tarts. Bake 
in a quick oven. 

BISCOTINS IN CHOCOLAT. 

Contributed by Augustine Mellet Haughton, Mrs. James Haughton, 
Bryn Mazvr, Pa., Daughter of the Rev. Victor Mellet, Oron, Can- 
ton de Vaud, (Suisse) Vaud, bounded on the south by Lake Leman 
with the Castle of Chillon of historical fame. 

2 whites of eggs, y 2 lb. sugar, 2 ounces grated chocolate. Beat 
eggs to a stiff froth, add the sugar. When thoroughly mixed, add 
the chocolate. Then lay it by spoonfuls on paper powdered with 
sugar or greased. Put in moderate oven. 



MARLBOROUGH PUDDING. 

Mrs. S. B. Hacker. 

Contributed by Clara Townley Chase, Philadelphia, Pa. 

12 tablespoons strained apples, 12 sugar, 12 wine, 6 melted but- 
ter, 4 beaten eggs, the juice and rind of 1 lemon, ]/ 2 pint milk, Y / 2 
nutmeg. Bake in a moderate oven. 

The above receipt has always been spoken of in our family as 
the " famous Marlborough Pudding." That is the way I have heard 
my father and grandfather speak of it. So I contribute it to your 
book. It was handed down by my great-aunt, Mrs. S. B. Hacker. 



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ENGLISH APPLE DUMPLINGS. 
Clara Townley Chase, Philadelphia, Pa. 

y 2 lb. suet to i lb. flour, make a paste of this suet to be chopped 
fine, cut apples in thin slices, put inside each dumpling heaping tea- 
spoon of sugar, a little lemon peel and a pinch of grated nutmeg. 
Grease the dish well and place the dumplings all around, spread some 
nice drippings over the dumplings, then pour sugar (light brown) 
thickly on, placing a large quantity in bottom of dish and one pint 
of water, as soon as they commence to brown, begin to baste, doing 
so frequently, serve on flat dish. 

The above receipt is an old English receipt of my grandmoth- 
ers, Mrs. Samuel Hart, who was an English woman. 

TARTE A LA POMPADOUR. 

Charlotte Augusta Brown. 

Contributed by Mrs. Charles M. Lea, Phila., Pa. 

2 cups of minced chicken, 2 tablespoonfuls of butter, 2 bay- 
leaves, thyme, and the juice of 1 lemon, salt and pepper to taste. 
Soak macaroni until it softens, place in the bottom of a bowl, lining 
it, fill with the mixture, and cook for one hour, as if it were a cus- 
tard. Serve with rich tomato sauce. 

RECEIPT FOR ORDERLY DOMESTIC MANAGEMENT. 

" Selected." 

Contributed by Mr. Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, Philada., Pa. 

Let the mistress of the house take 2 lbs. of the very best self- 
control, ij/2 lbs. of justice, 1 lb. of consideration, 5 lbs. of patience, 
and 1 lb. of discipline. Let this be sweetened with charity; let it 
simmer well, and let it be taken daily, — in extreme cases in hourly 
doses — and be kept always on hand ; then the domestic wheels will 
run quite smoothly. 



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NORMANDY FISH. 

Grandmother Mrs. Samuel Hart. 

Contributed by Clara Townlcy Chase, Philadelphia, Pa. 

5 lbs. of fish, various kinds, clear of bone and skin. Put 5 oz. 
of butter into an earthenware dish, and set on the coals, when the but- 
ter is melted, add from the dredger a dessertspoonful of flour, stirring 
the while, then a pinch of grated nutmeg, salt, pepper, black and red, 
but little of the latter, a dessertspoonful of chopped parsley and a 
tablespoonful of mushroom catsup. Then put in your fish, cut in 
pieces as large as two fingers. Pour on the whole a glass of sherry 
or Madiera, and a small wine-glass of good French brandy. Cover 
your dish, put dough all around the edge of cover to keep in steam, 
and then put the dish in a moderate oven. When done, serve in dish 
in which cooked, put in a tablespoonful of Taragon vinegar. 



SUGAR BISCUITS. 

Mrs. Widdifield. 

Contributed by Sarah Biddle Cabcen, Mrs. F. von A. Cabeen, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

3 lbs. flour, 24 lbs. butter, 1 lb. sugar, 1 qt. of sponge. Rub 
the flour, butter, and sugar together. Then add the sponge with as 
much milk as will make a soft dough. Knead well and replace it in 
the pan to rise. This must be done in the afternoon. 

Next morning knead lightly, make it into small cakes about the 
size of a silver dollar, and j/2 inch in thickness. Place them on slightly 
buttered tins, one inch apart each way, set them in a warm elevated 
place to rise. When light, bake them in a quick oven. When done, 
wash them over with a little water, not having the brush too wet, or 
sprinkle sugar over them if not for immediate use. Let them remain 
on the tins to cool. 



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' RACAHOUT. 

Edward Robinson — 1840. 

Contributed by Mr. John Lambert, Philadelphia, Pa. 

y 2 lb. fine chocolate, J4 lb. arrow-root, ]/\ lb. ground rice, 34 
lb. loaf sugar. Reduce the first four articles to a powder and mix 
all together. Mix a dessert-spoonful of the mixture in a little cold 
water right smooth. Pour it into a cup of boiling milk, and boil a 
few minutes. The Racahout should be as thick as rich chocolate. 

JULIENNE SOUP. 

Contributed by Sarah Biddle Cabeen. 

Boil 4 lbs. of beef in iy 2 gallons of water for 6 hours. Let the 
liquor run through a colander, and strain it, through muslin to clear 
it. Boil in 2 qts. of water for the same time, 4 large carrots, 2 turnips, 
1 head of celery, 4 onions, 1 bunch of pot-herbs. When it begins to 
boil 1 tablespoonful of salt, and pepper to your taste. Then add the 
vegetables to the soup. The carrots are cut in long thin pieces. The 
pot-herbs and celery tops are tied together and removed from the 
soup before serving up. The rest of the vegetables are prepared in 
the usual manner. 

TEA PUNCH. 

Mrs. John Swan of Baltimore, Md. 

Contributed by Mrs. Anthony M. Hancc, Sally Robinson Hance, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

1 qt. of strong green tea. 1 qt. bottle of Jamaica rum, 3 lbs. of 
cut loaf-sugar, 1 dozen lemons. Pour the boiling tea on rinds of 
lemons, pared very thin, and steep for ten minutes. Put pieces of the 
lemons on the cut loaf-sugar. Pour the tea and rinds over the sugar 
and mix together. When cold put in the rum. About ten minutes 
before serving, fill a bowl with cracked ice, and pour the tea punch 
over it. Note — This quantity is sufficient for 25 moderate drinkers. 



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MARYLAND BISCUITS. 

Mariana Emory Robinson, " Waverly-on-Chester," Eastern 

Shore of Maryland. 

Contributed by Sally Robinson Hance, Mrs. Anthony M. Hance, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

\]/ 2 lbs of flour, l / 2 lb. of lard, salt to taste. Rub the lard and 
flour together, mixing thoroughly; then add cold water by degrees 
until it is a stiff dough. Beat on a heavy wooden block, with iron 
pestle, until the dough is full of blisters. Make out in little cakes. 
Prick with a silver fork. Bake in a moderate oven. 



POTATO PUDDING. 

Anna Maria Hemsley Emory, " Poplar Grove," Eastern 
Shore of Maryland, 1780. 

Contributed by Sally Robinson Hance. 

i l / 2 lbs. hot mashed Irish potatoes, 1 lb. granulated sugar, l / 2 lb. 
butter, 5 eggs (leaving out whites of two), 1 teacup sherry, 1 nut- 
meg (grated). Beat eggs very light, then add the sugar. Mix 
butter with potatoes, while the latter are hot, and gradually add the 
sugar and the eggs; then the seasoning. Bake in open paste. 

BALTIMORE GINGER SNAPS. 

Mrs. De Courcey May of Baltimore. 

Contributed by Sally Robinson Hance, Mrs. Anthony M. Hance, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

1 qt. of molasses, 8 tablespoonfuls of ginger, 1 teaspoonful of 
soda, 1 cupful of milk, y 2 lb. of butter, l / 2 lb of lard, 34 lb. of brown 
sugar, 1 saltspoonful of salt. Flour sufficient to make a dough to roll 
out, and cut into very thin cakes. Bake in a moderately hot oven. 
The pan need not be greased. 



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MINCE MEAT. 

Anna Maria Hemsley Emory of " Poplar Grove," East Shore 

of Maryland, 1780. 

Contributed by Sally Robinson Hance, Mrs. Anthony M. Hance, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

\]/ 2 pts. lean beef (finely chopped), 1 pt apples (chopped fine), 

1 pt. clean suet (chopped fine), 2 pts. currants, 2 pts. raisins (seed- 
less), 1 lb. citron (cut in shreds), 1 teaspoon allspice,, 1 teaspoonful 
mace (powdered), Yi teaspoonful cloves, 1 large nutmeg (grated), 

2 pts. brandy, 2 pts. Madiera to begin with. As the mince meat 
dries, add more. 

OYSTER SOUP. 

Mariana Emory Robinson, " Waverly-on-Chester," Eastern 
Shore of Maryland. 

Contributed by Sally Robinson Hance, Mrs. Anthony M. Hance, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

y 2 gal. oysters (well drained), ]/ 2 gal. fresh milk, 1 teaspoonful 
onion (chopped very fine), % lb. butter rolled in 1 tablespoonful of 
flour, salt and red pepper to taste. Put the milk on and let it get very 
hot, then put in the butter and flour and let the milk boil, keep stirring 
all the time, and then put in the oysters. As soon as they curl up they 
are done. Add the salt later and stir continually after the milk gets 
hot. 

GINGERBREAD. 

Mrs. F. von A. Cabeen. 

Contributed by Sarah Biddle Cabeen, Philadelphia, Pa. 

3 oz. ginger, *4 teaspoonful of cloves, cinnamon and allspice, yi 
lb. brown sugar, 1 lb. butter, 1 qt. molasses, 3 lbs. flour, rolled and 
baked. 



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CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING. 

Anna Maria Hemsley Emory, " Poplar Grove," 1780. 

Contributed by Sally Robinson Hance, Mrs. Anthony M. Hancc, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

2 pts of grated bread, 1 pt. of fresh milk, 2 pts. of currants, 2 
pts. of stoned raisins, y 2 lb. of citron (cut fine), 6 tablespoonfuls of 
brown sugar, 6 eggs, beaten light, 1 teaspoonful of soda, dissolved 
in hot water. Mix all together. Boil three hours in a pudding bag 
which has been scalded and well floured. 

NEW ENGLISH JOHNNY CAKES. 

Contributed by Emily Boric Rhodes, Mrs. James Mauran Rhodes, 

Ardmore, Pa. 

These are delicious. 

A cup of granulated white corn meal, a good pinch of salt, a 
teaspoonful of sugar well mixed together. Scald with very boiling- 
water, and let it stand for one-half hour. Thin the batter with milk 
to consistency of griddle cake batter — have the griddle very hot — 
cook like griddle cakes, and when finished, put them in a tin and slip 
into a very hot oven to puff them. 

CREAM CHEESE. 

Contributed by Emily Borie Rhodes, Mrs. James Mauran Rhodes, 

Ardmore, Pa. 

1 pint cream, 1 pint milk. Mix together with 2 teaspoonfuls 
of liquid rennet, set in pan of hot water until it is a thick curd. 
Have a small mould, put a piece of Swiss muslin into it, and into this 
put the curd. Let it remain 8 hours, then put a thin piece of board, 
the size of mould, on top, with a lb. weight on it to press it well. 
Let this remain one day, and then take cheese out, put in a linen 
cloth. Change the cloth frequently. In four days it will be ready 
to eat. 



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DROPPED CODFISH BALLS. 

Contributed by Ella Stockton Sylvester, Mrs. Fred'k Sylvester, 

Haverford, Pa. 

i pt. bowl of raw codfish, 2 heaping bowlfuls of pared potatoes. 
(Let the potatoes be undersize.) 2 eggs, butter the size of an egg, 
and a little pepper. Pick the fish very fine and measure lightly into 
the bowl. Put the potatoes in the boiler, the fish on top of them, 
cover with boiling water and boil half an hour. Draw off" all the 
water, mash the fish and potatoes together until fine and light, then 
add butter, pepper and eggs well beaten. Have a deep pan of boiling 
fat, dip a tablespoon in it and take up a spoonful of the mixture. 
Drop into the boiling fat and fry until brown (about ten minutes). 
The spoon should be dipped in the hot fat every time you take a 
spoonful of the mixture. 

NEW ENGLAND GRAHAM MUFFINS. 

Contributed by Emily Borie Rhodes, Mrs. James Mauran Rhodes, 

Ardmore, Pa. 

4 tablespoonfuls of butter, 4 tablespoonfuls of sugar, 2 eggs, 1 
cup of milk, 1 cup of Graham flour, % of a cup of wheat flour, salt 
to taste, 3 teaspoon fuls of Royal Baking powder. Cream the butter 
and sugar and add the eggs well beaten. Add milk, then add other 
ingredients (well mixed together and sifted). Beat all well together 
and bake in hot buttered gem pans for 20 minutes. 

ITALIAN CREAM. 

Contributed by Sarah Biddle Cabeen, Philadelphia, Pa. 

1 qt. of cream sweetened to your taste, (about 8 tablespoons of 
sugar to 1 qt. of cream). Then boil 4 strips of gelatine in 2 common 
tea-cups of water with a vanilla bean. Let it boil till reduced to 1 
tea-cup full, strain it, and when lukewarm, stir it quickly into the 
cream and pour it into the mould. 



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AN OLD PHILADELPHIA FAMILY RECEIPT FOR 
CHEESE CAKE. 

Entirely From Simple Ingredients. 

Contributed by Mr. Charles H. A. Esling, Stuttgart, Germany. 

Two ladles full of cottage cheese. Mash the cheese fine with a 
spoon, six eggs, beat the whites and yolks separately, mix the yolks 
in first and then the whites, one pint of cream or a little less, half a 
nutmeg or a little more, cinnamon to suit taste, but enough to make 
the mixture rather brown, sugar to taste, brandy, a good quantity. 
Say about half a teacupful. Cover the bottom and sides of a square 
oblong baking pan with the dough, which ought to be quite thin. 
Pour the concoction into the dough and bake until brown. Let it 
stand until it becomes firm. Then cut in squares. 

NEW ENGLAND DROP CAKES. 

Contributed by Emily Boric Rhodes, Mrs. James Mauran Rhodes, 

Ardmore, Pa. 
\]/i cups of rye flour, i cup of corn meal. 'y 2 cup of wheat flour, 
2 eggs, 4 tablespoonfuls of molasses, salt to taste, i teaspoonful of 
soda, dissolved in a little hot water, iy 2 cups of sour milk. Mix all 
together, and drop from a dessertspoon into deep, boiling lard. 
This is enough for eight people. These are delicious. 

CURRANT SANDWICHES. 

Contributed by Mrs. Elizabeth Esling. Stuttgart, Germany. 

A pleasant and healthy variation of the meat, jam, egg, or 
water-cress sandwich, may be made with the assistance of the nu- 
tritious currant. Take a teacupful of currants and rub them in a 
cloth, then butter thickly some thin slices of bread. Cover the but- 
tered bread all over with currants, sift a very little castor sugar over 
them, and make into sandwiches. This satisfying little novelty is 
wonderfully appreciated. 



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BOULLI BEEF. 

Contributed by Mr. C. Hartman Kuhn, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Put the thick end of a brisket of beef into a kettle and cover it 
over with water. Let it boil for 2 hours, then stew it close by the 
fireside for 6 hours or more, and fill up the kettle as the water falls. 
Put in with the beef some turnips cut in little balls, some carrots and 
some celery cut in pieces. About an hour before it is done take out 
as much broth as will fill your soup dish, and boil in it for one hour, 
turnips, carrots and celery, cut in rounds or squares. 

PERFECTION CORN PUDDING. 

Contributed by Emily Borie Rhodes, Mrs. James Mauran Rhodes, 

Ardniore, Pa. 

Grate the corn into a pudding dish, add a teaspoonful of salt, 
and dessertspoonful of sugar. Mix well and put small lumps of 
butter on the top. Bake in oven about £4 of an hour until well 
browned. If corn is very old, add cream to it. This is delicious. 

JOHNNY CAKE. 

Laura Hazard Robinson, 1826. 

Contributed by William Attmore Robinson, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Scald a sufficient quantity of corn meal, add a little salt, then 
mix with milk until it is of such a consistency that it may be put 
on a board as a flat cake, then cover with a little thick cream so that 
it will not burn, and bake before an open fire. 

SALLY MORGAN'S GINGERBREAD. 

Contributed by Mr. C. Hartman Kuhn, Philadelphia, Pa. 

4 lbs. of flour, 1 lb. of butter, 1 lb. of sugar, 1 qt. of molasses, 
Y\ lb. ginger, spice, if agreeable. 



RARE OLD RECEIPTS 35* 

EVE'S PUDDING. 

" Aunt Mary." 

Contributed by Mr. C. Hartman Kuhn, Philadelphia, Pa. 

If you want a good pudding, mind what you are taught, 

Take of eggs six in number when bought for a groat, 

The fruit with which Eve her husband did cozen, 

Well pared and well chopped, at least half a dozen, 

Six ounces of bread, let Moll eat the crust, 

And crumble the rest, as fine as the dust, 

Six ounces of currants from the stems you must sort, 

Lest you break out your teeth and spoil all the sport, 

Six ounces of sugar won't make it too sweet, 

Some salt and some nutmeg will make it complete, 

Three hours let it boil, without any flutter, 

But Adam won't like it without wine and butter. 

INDIAN PUDDING. 

Contributed by Sarah Biddle Cabeen. 

8 eggs, leaving out the whites of four, the weight of 8 eggs in 
sugar, of 6 in Indian meal, i nutmeg, l / 2 lb. of butter melted and 
poured in without the sediment. 

ORANGE SOUFFLE. 

Contributed by Mary B. Snowden Samuel, Mrs. Frank Samuel, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

Empty carefully as many oranges as there are persons to be 
served, being careful not to scrape the skin at all thin. Make a white 
souffle. Whites of 5 eggs, yolk of one. Beat separately, making 
the whites very sweet by stirring in pulverized sugar. Flavor with 
the orange juice, beating it in with the yolk. Mix lightly, fill the 
skins overflowing with this, and bake for ten minutes in a moderate 
oven. This is a very pretty dessert for luncheon. 



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MY OWN FROZEN PUDDING, AND, A GOOD ONE. 
Contributed by Mary B. Snowden Samuel, Mrs. Frank Samuel, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

Make a very rich chocolate ice cream, first scalding the cream 
an hour before you are going to use it. When ice cream is made 
have ready I lb. of French candied fruit chopped small for each qt. 
of cream. Gages, cherries, citron, and Sultana raisins. Mix these 
thoroughly in the ice cream. Put in a mold, and pack in the freezer. 
Do not let it remain too long as the fruit will become frozen too stiff. 
Serve this with a light sauce flavored either with brandy or rum. 
Sherry will not do. 

BRIDE'S CAKE. 
Receipt of More Than 80 Years Ago, from Laura Hazard Robinson, 

and Contributed by Mr. William Attmore Robinson, Phila. 

i}i lbs. of butter, 1 lb. of sugar, 1 lb. of flour, 13 eggs, 3 lbs. 
of raisins, 2 lbs. of currants, 1 lb. of citron, 1 wineglass of wine, 
2 wineglasses of brandy, 1 grated nutmeg, 2 teaspoonfuls of cinna- 
mon, 1 teaspoonful of mace and cloves mixed, 1 cup of molasses. 

ICING FOR FRUIT CAKE. 
Contributed by Mrs. James Mauran Rhodes. 
1 cup of sugar scalded with boiling water and flavored with 
vanilla. This is very good. 

APPLE PUDDING. 

Anna Maria Hemsley Emory. 
" Poplar Grove," 1780. 
Contributed by Sally Robinson Hance, Mrs. Anthony M. Hance, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 
4 eggs, leaving out half the whites, 1 pt. of stewed apples, y 2 lb. 
of butter, teacup and a half of grated bread, the grated rind of two 
lemons and pieces of one. Sugar to taste. Bake in paste. Use 
the whites as a meringue. 



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CHOCOLATE WAFERS. 



Contributed by Ella Stockton Sylvester, Airs. Frcd'k Sylvester, 

Haver ford, Pa. 

The whites of 6 eggs, y 2 cake of Baker's chocolate, 34 lb. pul- 
verized sugar, y lb. flour. Beat the eggs and sugar together very 
light, then slowly add the grated chocolate and lastly stir in the sifted 
flour. Drop in tiny spoonfuls on the buttered pan, (not close to- 
gether, as they spread) and bake slowly in a very moderate oven, 
so they will dry, not brown. 

CHEESE SOUFFLE. 

Contributed by Mr. C. Hartman Kuliu, Philadelphia, Pa. 

2 tablespoonfuls of butter, melted, i large tablespoonful of sifted 
flour, i cup melted cheese, yolks of three eggs, beaten light, i cup of 
milk, i saltspoonful of salt, whites of three eggs beaten light. First 
melt the butter, then sift or smooth in the flour, then add the milk, 
then the seasoning. Cook that for five minutes, then add the cheese 
and yolks of eggs, stirring all the time. Set this away to cool, then 
add the whites of eggs, and stir well. Now put in a baking dish, 
in not too quick an oven. When finished, it must not stand a minute. 

MENUDO. 

Contributed by Mr. C. Hartman Kuhn, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Tripe, after being cleaned must be boiled in water with salt in 
it. When the water boils, it must be poured off and fresh water 
with salt, a bunch of mint, a piece of onion, ham and chorizo (a 
species of sausage) put into the pot. The ham and chorizo must be 
taken out as soon as they are half boiled, some tomatoes must be 
fried with lard and then thrown into the pot together with the ham 
and chorizo, red pepper, cinnamon, cloves and garlic are then to be 
added to season it. The tripe ought to be boiled before the other 
ingredients are put in. 



354 RARE OLD RECEIPTS. 

BOSTON BROWN BREAD. 

Contributed by Emily Borie Rhodes, Mrs. James Mauran Rhodes, 

Ardmore, Pa. 

3 cups of rye flour, 2 cups of corn meal, 1 }4 cups of wheat flour, 
1 cup of Porto Rican molasses, if/ 2 pints of milk, a pinch of salt, 1 
teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in a little hot water. Mix well to- 
gether, put in a very tight mold, and boil 4 hours — serve hot. This 
is very good. 

CORN SLAPS. 

Mariana Emory Robinson, " Waverly-on-Chester," E. Shore 

of Maryland. 

Contributed by Sally Robinson Hance, Mrs. Anthony M. Hance, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

1 pt. of white southern corn meal, 2 eggs, beaten very light, 
scald the meal into a stiff dough, add the eggs, thin with fresh milk 
until very thin. 1 tablespoon of flour prevents it from sticking. 

GRAHAM GEM. 

Contributed by Miss Anne H. Wharton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

9 tablespoonfuls Graham flour, 2 teaspoonfuls Royal baking 
powder, 1 teaspoonful sugar, y 2 teaspoonful salt. Stir in enough 
water to make the mixture a proper consistency to drop into tins. 
Beat hard and drop into well-heated tins, and bake in a quick oven. 
Crisp and delicious. 

SPONGE CAKE. 

Contributed by Sarah Biddle Cabeen, Philadelphia. 

1 doz. eggs — the weight of the eggs in sugar and half of the 
weight in flour, 1 lemon, the rind grated and juice. Beat the yolks 
of the eggs and sugar together. Add the whites, lightly beaten and 
stir in the flour. Then bake at once. 



RARE OLD RECEIPTS 355 

CAVITCHED FISH. 

Contributed by Mr. C. Hartman Kuhn, Philadelphia, Pa. 

To 1 dozen large perch, cleaned and wiped very dry, seasoned 
well with cayenne pepper, black pepper and salt, and fried in sweet 
oil to a light brown color, add a few onions sliced and fried brown. 
.When the fish are perfectly cold, put them in a deep vessel and strew 
the onions over them. Take 1 qt. of good vinegar, 2 qts. of the 
liquor of the 'boiled fish, mace, cloves, whole black pepper, a clove 
of garlic, cayenne pepper, half a teacup of mixed mustard, the same 
quantity of catsup and of sweet oil, and as much salt as will make 
the mixture palatable. Boil the who 1 * till it tastes of the spices, and 
pour it on the fish, either hot or cold, taking care to have the fish 
covered. Taste the liquor after the fish have been in it a day or two, 
as it may probably require additional seasoning. 

BELL FRITTERS. 

Mrs. Besonet. 

Contributed by Mr. C. Hartman Kuhn, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Take 1 qt. of new milk and boil it with a little salt, stir in the 
flour till it is quite thick and will take no more. Then let it stand 
till it is cool, then break in 8 eggs, put some lard into a pot, let it 
boil, and then take a tablespoonful of the batter and drop in, let it 
stay until it puffs out. 

DELICIOUS POTATO BISCUIT. 
Miss Darlington. 

Contributed by Mrs. George A. Dunning, West Chester, Pa. 

1 qt. mashed potatoes, 1 qt. milk, 1 tablespoonful butter or lard, 
l /i cup sugar, 1 teaspoonful baking soda, 1 teaspoonful salt, 1 yeast 
cake. For use at night, set at 10 A. M., remix at 3 P. M., roll out 
in pan, let rise and bake 20 minutes just before serving. 



356 RARE OLD RECEIPTS 

BRIOCHE. 

Sent by Mrs. Robert W. Stuart, New York City, N. Y. 

Contributed by Cornelia E. Paulmier Scott, 

Mrs. Wm. Carpenter Scott, " Dipple," Ardmore, Pa. 

i cup of compressed yeast, 34 cup of lukewarm water, i qt. of 

flour, 34 lb. of butter, 7 eggs, y 2 teaspoon of salt, 2 teaspoons of. 

sugar. Dissolve the yeast cake in 34 CU P °f warm water. Acid 

enough flour to make a soft ball of paste well mixed. Drop this ball 

in a pan of warm water, not hot. Cover and set in warm place 

about 1 hour to rise. Put the rest of flour in bowl, make a well 

in center, into this put butter, salt, sugar, and 4 eggs. 

Work them well together with hand, gradually using flour and 
adding 2 more eggs, one at a time. Work well together till it loses 
all stickiness. When leaven is light, lift it out of water with a skim- 
mer and place it with the dough. Work well together. Add one 
egg, the last. Beat with hand a long time, the longer the better, for 
it makes it firmer. Put the paste in bowl. Let it rise four or five 
hours. Beat down again and put it on ice for 12 or 24 hours. 
Handle quickly when taken from ice. 

MARYLAND BISCUIT. 
Contributed by Sally M. Robinson Hance, Mrs. Anthony M. Hance, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 
1*4 lbs. of the best flour, 4 oz. of lard, ]/ 2 teaspoonful of salt. 
Mix with cold water just as stiff as possible. Put the dough on a 
board and knead until it is perfectly pliable and- makes a popping 
sound under your hands from the air bubbles breaking in it, and until 
you can pull it down in long thin strips. These tests are infallible, 
but the dough has to be worked hard and long. Break off into pieces 
about the size of an egg. Mould them into round balls, about Y\ 
in. thick, flatten with a rolling pin. Stick through 5 or 6 times with 
a fork. The oven must be well heated but not too hot. Bake ]/z 
hour. 



RARE OLD RECEIPTS 357 

BEAUVILLING POTATOES. 

Contributed by Mr. C. Hart man Knhn, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Wash clean the quantity of potatoes you require, boil them, and 
when they are clone, drain them in a colander, peel them, cut them 
in small round pieces, or thin slices ; put into a stewpan some butter, 
parsley chopped up, salt and whole pepper. Add to that the po- 
tatoes. Place the stewpan upon a fire, stir them up as the butter 
melts, and in case it is required, add a little bouillon or water. On 
dishing add the juice of a lemon, or a dash of verjuice. 

CRAB SOUP. 

Contributed by Sally M. Robinson Hance, Mrs. Anthony M. Hance, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

i dozen good sized crabs, i qt. of new milk, i pt. of pure cream, 
l /l lb. of best butter, y> teaspoonful of finely chopped onions, salt and 
paprika to taste. Put milk and cream in a double boiler, and bring 
to a boil. Rub butter with a scant tablespoonful of flour, and add 
to it also the chopped onions. When it comes to a boil, put in crab 
meat and pepper and boil ten or fifteen minutes. Add salt first before 
taking off the fire. 

BISCUIT. 

Sent by Mrs. Robert W. Stuart, New York City, N. Y. 

Contributed by Cornelia E. Paulmier Scott, Mrs. Win. Carpenter Scott. 
" Dipple," Ardmore, Pa. 
Make a syrup of i cup of sugar, 34 cup of water. Beat the 
yolks of 4 eggs, add Y\ cll P oi syrup, and ]/ 2 cup of cream. Place the 
mixture on fire. Stir till it coats spoon. Place it on ice and beat 
till it is stiff and light. Flavor with vanilla bean or Maraschino, 
when taken from off fire. Fold in lightly a pt. of whipped cream. 
Put the mixture in a mold and freeze. • It is improved by using some 
praline powder. 



358 RARE OLD RECEIPTS 

CARAMEL CUSTARD. 

Sent by Mrs. Robert W. Stuart, New York City, N. Y. 

Contributed by Cornelia E. Panlmier Scott, Mrs. Wm. Carpenter Scott, 
" Dipple," Ardmore, Pa. 

i qt. of milk, 5 eggs, 1 small teaspoon of sugar to each egg. 
Put a cupful of sugar in a saucepan with a little water. Let it cook 
until it becomes a dark brown and is very thick. Cover mould with 
this and let it harden, keeping out two or three tablespoonfuls to flavor 
the custard. Beat eggs, sugar and a spoonful of vanilla together, add 
milk, all but about y 2 a cupful, to which add the caramel for flavor- 
ing. Put this milk with caramel in saucepan. Boil it to give it a 
flavor, add eggs, milk, etc. Put all in the mould and bake in a pan 
of water. To tell when sufficiently cooked put a knife in, and when 
the custard does not adhere, it is cooked. 5 tablespoonfuls of sugar 
makes it quite sweet, so the cook should judge partly how much to 
use. 

FRUIT CAKE FROM NANTUCKET. 

Contributed by Emily Boric Rhodes, Mrs. James Manran Rhodes, 

Ardmore, Pa. 

1 lb. sugar, 1 lb. currants, 1 lb. flour, *4 lb. citron, i l / 2 lbs. butter, 
1 lb. raisins, 4 eggs, 1 cup of milk, 1 teaspoonful of soda dissolved 
in the milk, spices to taste. 

GERMAN SALAD DRESSING FOR POTATO SALAD OR 

COLD SLAW. 

Contributed by Mrs. George A. Dunning, West Chester, Pa. 

1 egg, 2 tablespoonfuls vinegar, 1 teaspoonful butter, x / 2 tea- 
spoonful mustard, 1 teaspoonful salt, 2 teaspoonfuls sugar, y 2 cup of 
cream, or 1 cup of milk, 2 teaspoonfuls flour, a good shake of red 
pepper. Put vinegar and butter together, and heat. Then add other 
ingredients, stir until thick and let cool. 



RARE OLD RECEIPTS 359 

INDIAN CURRY. 

These receipts were brought from India over fifty years ago by 
the Rev. John Primate Maud. 

Contributed by Louise Catherwood Maud, Mrs. Charles E. Maud, 
Monterey, California. 

Melt one heaping tablespoon of butter in a saucepan. Stir in a 
heaping tablespoon of flour, and when smooth, add slowly a cup of 
warm gravy. JVIix a tablespoon of curry powder in a little cold milk 
or gravy, and add a half a cup of cream. It should thicken and 
become quite smooth. When done, season, and just before remov- 
ing from the fire put in a tablespoon of port wine. Curry should 
never stand a moment, but should at once be poured over the meat 
or fish it is intended for. It should always be accompanied by boiled 
rice and chutney. 

GREEN PEA SOUP WITH WHIPPED CREAM. 

Martha G. Binney Dunning. 

Contributed by Mrs. George A. Dunning, West Chester, Pa. 

i qt. fresh green peas, shelled, I qt. milk, 2 tablespoonfuls flour, 
'y 2 tablespoon butter, 1 teaspoonful chopped parsley. Boil the peas 
until very soft and mash through colander. Boil the milk in double 
boiler, rub the butter and flour together, add the milk, add the peas, 
boil fifteen minutes, add 1 teaspoonful chopped parsley, and serve in 
cups with whipped cream. 

PICKLED PEACHES. 

Mrs. Amos Binney, Boston, Mass. 

Contributed by Mrs. George A. Dunning, West Chester, Pa. 

Scald the peaches, then rub with a soft cloth to remove the 
down. For one peck peaches take 3 pts. vinegar, 3 pts. water, 8 lbs. 
sugar and allspice, cloves and mace to taste. Let it come to a boil. 
Put in the peaches and cook until tender. 



360 RARE OLD RECEIPTS 



CHUTNEY. 



Contributed by Louise Catherwood Maud, Mrs. Charles E. Maud, 

Monterey, Calif. 

i]/ 2 lbs. brown sugar, y^ lb. salt, i tablespoonful chopped gar- 
lic, Y^ lb. onions, 24 lb. powdered ginger, *4 lb. dried chillies, }i lb. 
mustard seed, ^4 lb. stoned raisins, 2 bottles best vinegar, 30 large 
apples (or some people prefer bananas or peaches.) 

Soak the mustard seed in a pt. of vinegar. Chop onions, chillies, 
garlic and raisins. Peel and slice fruit and boil with* sugar and the 
rest of the vinegar. When the fruit is cold, mix all together, and 
put into airtight jars and set away for at least three months. 

COOKIES. 

Sent by, Mrs. Robert W. Stuart, New York City, N. Y. 

Contributed by Cornelia E. Paulmier Scott, Mrs. Wm. Carpenter Scott, 
" Dipple" Ardmore, Pa. 

1 scant cup of butter, 1 heaping cup of sugar, 2 eggs, beaten 
yolks and whites together, 1 tablespoon of water. Flour just enough 
to make a dough — not too stiff. Roll out thin, then cut out. Blanch 
almonds and stick four halves on the top of each cake, sprinkle with 
cinnamon and sugar, and bake. Sometimes put in caraway seeds, 
rather than the almonds and cinnamon. 

NELLIE'S FAVORITE CAKES. 

Small Cakes and also for Strawberry Layer Cake. 

Sent by Mrs. Robert W. Stuart, New York City, N. Y. 

Contributed by Cornelia E. Paulmier Scott, Mrs. Wm. Carpenter Scott, 
" Dipple," Ardmore, Pa. 

'Yi cup of butter creamed with 1 cup of sugar, 2 very scant cups 
of flour, 2 even teaspoons of baking powder, l / 2 cup of milk, 2 eggs 
beaten separately, grated rind of a piece of lemon. 



RARE OLD RECEIPTS 361 

TWO OLD SPANISH RECEIPTS FROM MONTEREY, 
CALIFORNIA. 

ENCHILADAS. 

Contributed by Louise Cathenvood Maud, Mrs. Charles E. Maud, 

Monterey, Calif. 

Make a chili sauce of a can of good tomatoes, four red peppers, 
1 onion, 1 small edge of garlic chopped fine, a spoonful of salt, a 
little chili sauce, and a spoonful of sugar. Cook until all mixed. 
Then add three hard boiled eggs chopped fine, a dozen stoned olives 
and half a cup of scalded raisins. Make a batter as for French pan- 
cakes, 4 ounces sifted flour, 1 Qgg, 2]/ 2 gills of milk and a pinch of 
salt. Have a large frying pan very hot, grease it well, and then 
pour in enough batter to just cover the bottom. 

In about a minute the cake may be turned, but this really requires 
skill. The Spanish women can give the pan a turn and a flip, and 
the cake is over. When the pancakes are done fill them with the 
sauce, and roll them up, and pour sauce over them. 

CHICKEN TAMALES. 

Contributed by Louise Cathenvood Maud, Mrs. Charles E. Maud, 

Monterey, Calif. 

Make same sauce as for enchiladas. Boil any left over old barn- 
yard rover, and cut the meat up fine, and stir into the sauce with eggs, 
olives and raisins. Have some boiling corn meal mush, and at the 
same time have some corn husks soaking in warm water. Spread 
a corn husk out, lay on it a thin cover of the mush, then a layer of 
the sauce, etc., then another layer of the mush. Then put a corn husk 
on the top and one on each side if necessary, and tie the end securely 
and put in a steamer over boiling water to keep very hot. 

These, also, may be made in advance and warmed over. 



362 RARE OLD RECEIPTS 

OLD FASHIONED MOLASSES CANDY. 

Contributed by Mr. C. Hartman Kuhn, Philadelphia, Pa. 

i pt. of molasses, a large teacup of sugar, i ounce of ginger, 4 
tablespoonfuls of lime juice, a small piece of butter, half a grated 
cocoanut, and a little orange peel. Boil it slowly one and a half 
hours. 



BOSTON BROWN BREAD. 

Mrs. Bradford Norman, Newport, R. I. 

Contributed by Mrs. George A. Dunning, West Chester, Pa. 

2 cups Rhode Island corn meal, 1 cup rye flour, 1 teaspoonful 
salt, 1 baking powder, 2 eggs, well beaten, 1 cup of molasses, 5 cups 
of milk. Pour into large covered tin and let steam all night. 



TOMATO CATSUP. 

Mrs. Margaret Errickson Chambers, 1840. 

Contributed by Mrs. Katharine Errickson Hinckle, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Wash four half pecks of ripe tomatoes, place them in a pan, scald 
and skin them, then cook the tomatoes until they are soft, strain 
through a fine wire sieve and add 1^2 pints of vinegar, 1 teaspoonful 
Cayenne pepper, l / 2 tablespoonful black pepper, ^ of a pint of salt, 
3 heads of garlic cut in small pieces, 3 tablespoonfuls whole allspice, 3 
tablespoonfuls whole cloves. Tie each of the spices in a separate 
cheesecloth bag, boil for three hours, stirring constantly to prevent 
scorching, when done, remove the spice bags, bottle the catsup, cork 
tightly, sealing the bottles with wax. 



INDEX 



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INDEX 



Additional Rare Old Receipts 333 

BREADS. 
Batter Cakes 39 

Mrs. A. IV. Garber. 
Beaten Biscuit 47 

Mrs. John Stephenson. 
Beaten Biscuit 50 

Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander. 
Boston Brown 38 

Mrs. Henry Winsor. 
Brandon Puffs 43 

Miss Caroline Sinkler. 
Bread 42 

Mrs. J. Bertram Lippincott. 
Bread Cake 40 

Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith. 
Bread Muffins 48 

Mrs. W . Hinckle Smith. 
Brown Bread 42 

Mrs. J. Bertram Lippincott. 
Brown Bread 46 

Mrs. Grover Cleveland. 



Clermont Muffins 

Mrs. Robert K. Livingstone^ 
Corn Bread 

Mrs. Mary Balding. 
Corn Bread 

St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans. 
Corn Bread 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury. 
Corn Bread 

Mrs. Mary Palmer Bispham. 
Corn Muffins 

Mrs. A. W. Garber. 
Cream Biscuit 

Mrs. Richard L. Ashnrst. 



41 
4i 
48 
49 

53 
39 
37 



Delicious Corn Muffins 45 

Providence, R. I. 
Drop Biscuits 50 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings. 
Drop Corn Cakes 47 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury. 
Dutch Toast 53 

Mrs. W. H. Pulsifer. 

Famous Virginia Yeast Rolls 44 

Mrs. Eugene S. Herndon. 

Flannel Cakes 39 

Mrs. A. IV. Garber. 

Flannel Cakes 49 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury, 

German Waffles 42 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 
Graham Gems 46 

Mrs. J. Frailey Smith. 
Graham Rolls 4S 

Indian and Flour Biscuits 53 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings. 
Indian Meal Griddle Cakes 43 

Mrs. Charles Brinton Coxe. 
Indian Sponge Breakfast Cakes.... 44 

Providence, R. I. 

Kentucky Salt Rising Bread 51 

Houston Eldredge. 

Lapland Cakes 52 

Mrs. Charles Mason. 
Laplanders 48 

Mrs. James T. Halsey. 



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3 66 FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 

Madison Biscuit 37 Sally Lunn 46 

Mrs. John Murdoch. Mrs. Julia Breckenridge. 

Maize Bread 48 Sally Lunn 49 

Janice Meredith's. Mrs. Mary Palmer Bispham. 

Maryland Biscuit 45 Sally Lunn 52 

Mrs. Joshua Harvey. Mrs. W. H. Pulsifer. 

Muff Bread 46 Sally Lunn 38 

Mrs. Paul C. Lea. Mrs. Dabney H. Mawy. 

Muffins . 39 Souffle Biscuit 50 

Mrs. Daniel Harrison. Sponge for Bread 45 

Muffins 40 Mrs. R. H. Maury's Cook. 

Mrs. A. W. Garber. Sweet Rolls 51 

Muffins 45 Mrs. Oliver Hastings. 

Mrs. Elisabeth Cooper Harrison. 

Muffins 52 Thin Biscuit 39 

Mrs. Edward Jacquelin Smith. Thin Biscuit % . 40 

Mush Cakes 41 Mrs. Dabney H. Maury. 

Miss Mollie Ward. Thin Corn Cakes 54 

Philadelphia. 

Potato Pone 42 

Miss Caroline Sinkler. Virginia Sour Milk Batter Bread.. 51 

Pop Overs 44 Houston Eldredge. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper Harrison. Vir ^ nia Batt ^ Cakes 5 2 

Pop Overs 47 Mrs - Tames T - Halse y- 

Mrs. Gouverneur Ogden. W ffl 9 

„ . , „ 7 m Miss Logan. 

Quick Waffles 47 w ~, 

, , ■ r , , , , Waffles 41 

Mrs. John Moulton. ,, r . „ „ 

Mrs. Joseph Patterson. 

Rice Waffles 43 Yeast — to Make Good 49 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. Mrs _ Roy Mason _ 

Rice Waffles 47 Yorkshire Bread 37 

Mrs. Mary Palmer Bispham. M rs. Wm. Govane Howard. 

Rice or Hominy Bread 53 

Miss Caroline Sinkler. 

Rye and Indian Bread 50 EGGS. 

Mrs. Jacob Batcheller (1770). 

Rye Bread 41 A Large Omelet 57 

Mrs. J. Bertram Lippincott. Mrs. Burd (1810). 

„ T Cheese and Eggs 58 

Sally Lunn 40 ,, ± ~ 

,, _ „ „„ Margaret Cameron. 

Mrs. T. B. Sims. 

Sally Lunn 43 Eggs Divorcon 58 

Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith. Mrs. James Anders. 



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Fricasseed Eggs and Onions 57 Crab Soup 67 

Mrs. IV. A. Glasgow, Jr. Mrs. Lewis Minor. 

Cream of Mushrooms 76 

Scrambled Eggs 57 Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson. 

Mr. Francis Rawle. Crecy Soup 71 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud. 

SOUPS. 

Mock Turtle Soup 68 

Bean Soup (Black) 61 General Dabncy H. Maury. 

Mrs. Charles A. Far num. Mock Turtle Soup (Mammy Lack- 
Bean Soup (Black) 53 ey's) 75 

Harvey's Restaurant. Wash., D.C. Mrs. Catherine Leaf Smith. 

Bean Soup (Black) 65 Mushroom Soup 65 

Grandmother Hannah Burrozvs. Mrs. James Crosby Brozvn. 

Bean Soup (Kidney) 70 

Mrs. George Nervbold Lawrence. Ochra Soup 61 

Beef Soup 62 Mrs. Etting. 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. Ochra Soup 69 

Bisque of Clams 72 Mrs. James T. Halscy. 

Mrs. Thomas B. Sims. Ochra Gumbo 73 

Bouillon 62 Mrs. Eugene Palmer. 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. Onion Soup 64 

Bouillon, New Orleans Court 69 Mrs. James T. Halsey. 

Miss Charlotte Mitchell. Oyster Gumbo 74 

Brunswick Stew 62 Mrs. Lawton, 

Mrs. Junius B. Mosby. 

Palestine Soup 71 

Calf's Head Soup 66 Mrs. Charles A. Farnum. 

Mrs. Frank A. Brastow. Parker House Soup 63 

Calves' Head Soup 70 Miss Rice. 

Mrs. Julia Breckenridgc. Pepper Pot 68 

Calf's Head Soup 74 Mrs. Rachel Walker Cresson. 

Mrs. Thomas Prathcr. Pepper Pot (Ellen Gallagher) 71 

Chestnut Soup Clear 73 Mrs. Wm. H. Horstman. 

Lord Raglan, Raglan Castle, Eng. Pepper Pot (Philadelphia Famous) 72 

Chicken Soup 67 The Old Higgcnbottom Family. 

Chicken Soup 70 

Mrs. Francis Brooke. - Rj c h Brown Soup 66 

Clam Soup 66 Mrs. Charles A. Farnum. 

General Burnsides. 
Clam Soup 67 Turtle Soup 63 

Mrs. John Markoe. Miss Charlotte Mitchell. 

Crab Soup 64 Turtle Soup 65 

Miss Charlotte Mitchell. Miss Charlotte Mitchell. 



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White Dahl Soup (Sarah Davis)... 64 
Mrs. W. A. Glasgow, Jr. 



FISH. 

Boston Fish Balls 84 

Mrs. Charles P. Searle. 

Brown Sauce (To dress fish) 89 

George W. Anderson. 

Clams (Deviled) 89 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 
Cod Fish Balls 86 

Mrs. Gilbert (1800). 
Cod Fish Balls (Dropped) 348 

Mrs. Frederick Sylvester. 

Cod Fish (Tossed-up) 84 

Crab Ravigote 83 

Mrs. Joseph Neff. 
Crab Ravigote 86 

Chef of the Famous Old Bellevue. 
Crabs (Soft Shell Sauted) 89 

Miss Charlotte Mitchell. 
Crabs (Stuffed) 82 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud. 

Fish a la Creme 89 

Mrs. Allen Maury. 
Fish (Chowder) 88 

Mrs. Neil Robinson. 
Fish (Fried in Flour Batter) 88 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. 
Fish (How to Fry) 83 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. 
Fish in Mould (Norwegian) 85 

Mrs. J. F. Minis. 
Fish Pie 80 

Mrs. J. A. Hewlett. 
Fish (Planked) 80 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud. 

Kedgeree 88 

Miss K. Wilcox. 



Lobster (Creamed) 90 

Mrs. General Wm. B. Franklin. 

Lobster and Crab (Farcee) 82 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud. 

Lobster Cutlets S5 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 

Sabot a la Creme au Gratin 85 

Mrs. Bradley T. Johnson. 
Salmon Pudding 83 

Philadelphia. 
Shad Roe Croquettes 90 

Miss Schenck. 
Shrimp Pillau 82 

Mrs. Huger. 

Terrapin, "Aunt" Mary Sharp's... 79 

Mrs. Robert C. Wright. 
Terrapin Brown Stew 79 

Mr. Joe McAllister. 
Terrapin Stew, Mrs. Habersham's.. 81 

Mrs. Frank B. Screven. 
Terrapin, Maryland Style 81 

Mrs. Leila Andrews Smith. 
Terrapin 84 

Mrs. Goodfellow. 
Terrapin 86 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 
Terrapins 87 

Mrs. John Markoe. 
Terrapin, White Stew 87 

Mrs. Gulielma Harrison. 
Turbot a la Creme 87 

Philadelphia. 



OYSTERS. 

Oysters, a la Bellevue 97 

Mrs. Charles Heath Bannard. 

Oyster Bellevue-Stratford 97 

Baptiste, Head Waiter. 

Oysters Bellevue 98 

Philadelphia. 



INDEX 



369 



Oysters Celeried 96 

Miss Flora Hartley. 
Oyster Cocktails 94 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. 
Oyster Croquettes 97 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 
Oyster -Gumbo 93 

Mrs. Lewis Minor. 
Oyster Jambalaya 96 

Miss Lucretia Lennig. 

Oysters and Macaroni 94 

Oysters ( Panned) 95 

Mrs. Morris Hacker. 
Oyster Patties 93 

Mrs. Thomas B. Sims. 
Oysters (Pickled) 94 

Mrs. Richard William. 
Oysters (Pickled) 95 

Philadelphia. 
Oysters ( Pickled) 96 

Mrs. Joshua Harvey. 
Oysters (Pickled) 98 

Mrs. George IV. Anderson. 
Oysters (Scalloped) 96 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings. 
Oyster Soup 95 

Mrs Lewis Minor. 

ENTREES. " 

Beefsteak with Bananas 101 

Mrs. James W. Noyes. 
Bechamel Sauce 102 

Chicken Croquettes 102 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. 
Chicken, Potted 101 

Mrs. Wm. I^ogan Fisher. 
Chicken, Timbales 103 

Lord Raglan, Raglan Castle, Eng. 
Chicken or Veal, Jellied 102 

Mrs. Julia Brcckenridge. 
Custard Souffle 101 

Miss Flora Hartley. 



Quenelles with Spinach 103 

Mrs. Joseph Coleman Bright. 

Sweet Breads with Tomatoes 102 

Mrs. Annie S. Hammond. 

Sweet Peppers, Fried 103 

Mrs. Alice Cabell Palmer. 

CROQUETTES. 

Chicken Croquettes 107 

Mrs. James B. Mceks. 
Chicken Croquettes 107 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud. 
Oyster Croquettes 97 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 
Rice Croquettes 108 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings. 

FOWL. 

Coquilles de Volaille 118 

Mrs. Clara Pollard Lee. 
Chicken Fricassee (Creole) 112 

Mrs. Celestin Villeneuve. 
Chicken Fricassee (Yellow) 113 

Mrs. Celestin Villeneuve. 
Chicken Fricassee (White) 114 

Mr. and Mrs. John Cadwalader. 
Chicken Fried (Virginia) 117 

Mrs. James T. Halsey. 
Chicken Pates 112 

Mrs. S: B. Dana. 
Chicken Pie 113 

Mrs. H. C. Cunningham. 
Chicken, Pressed (Grandmother's) 114 

Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander. 
Chickens (Young), Roasted 113 

Mrs. Roy Mason. 
Chicken Terrapin 112 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. 
Chicken Terrapin 116 

Mrs. F. S. Burrows. 
Chicken Terrapin 117 

Philadelphia. 



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Chicken, a la Sanford White. .- i n 

Airs. James M. Anders. 
Chicken Saute (Bellevue) 116 

Chef Bellevue-Stratford. 
Chicken Smothered in Mushrooms. . in 

Mr. Herbert L. Clark. 
Chicken, Smothered 116 

Mrs. Morris Hacket. 
Chicken Souffle 117 

Miss Schenck. 
Chicken Timbales 118 

Miss Lucretia Lennig. 

Indian Pilau 115 

Mrs. Lily Latrobe Loring. 

Turkey, Boned 119 

Mrs. Robert H. Maury. 
Turkey, Roasted 115 

Shirley, Virginia. 

GAME. 

Ducks (How to Dress) 125 

Mrs. Gulielma Harrison. 
Ducks, Dressed with Onions 125 

Mrs. James T. Halsey. 
Ducks, Wild (Roasted) 125 

Mrs. James T. Halsey. 
Duck, Wild (Stewed) 126 

Airs. Lewis W. Minor. 

"A Frickasie " (Colonial) 123 

Mrs. John Burroughs. 

Partridge, or Any Small Birds 
(Roasted) 124 

Airs. Roy Mason. 
Pigeons 123 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings. 
Pigeons (Roasted) '. 124 

Mrs. Roy Mason. 
Pigeons (Potted) 126 

Philadelphia, Pa. 



Rabbit (Fricasseed) 123 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. 

Squirrels, Brunswick Stew 124 

Mrs. Robert H. Maury. 

Turkey, Wild, a. la Hanna .' . . 126 

Mrs. James M. Anders. 

MEATS. 

Beef, Breaded, Broiled 134 

Mrs. Meredith Bailey. 
Beef, Sarony 132 

Mrs. Stephen Brock. 

Calf's Head, as Terrapin 133 

Mrs. Richard Gilpin. 
Chilicon Carne 129 

Mrs. Francis B. Loring. 

Grillades (Creole) 136 

Miss Gottschalk. 

Hams, Christmas 133 

Mrs. George W. Anderson. 
Hams, Cured (Bristol Method).... 131 
Hams or Beef (Cured) 135 

Mrs. Shippen (1814). 
Ham, Roast 138 

Mr. Wellford Mason. 

Hams, Westphalia 132 

Hash, Corned Beef 135 

Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander. 

Kidney and Madeira Sauce 137 

Mrs. Richmond Pearson. 

Liver Dumplings. 131 

Sophie Fisher. 
Liver and Kidney Stew 135 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. 
Liver Terrapin 134 

Mrs. Charles Duggin. 



INDEX 



371 



Liver Wurst 132 Cauliflower Sauce 147 



Mrs. James T. Halsey. 

Olio — How to Make (1831) 137 

Miss Meta Lisle. 



Pate de Veau 136 

Miss M. M. Halsey. 
Piccadello 134 

Mrs. Bradley F. Johnson. 
Pig, Roast 129 

Mrs. ll'm. A. Glasgow, Jr. 
Pudding. Santa Cruz 136 F j s]l Cream Sauce . 143 

Mrs. E. W. Clark. Mrs. Charles B. Maury. 
Pudding, Yorkshire. . 138 p-j sh Sauce 144 



Mrs. Morris R. Stroud. 
Celery Sauce 143 

Mr. and Mrs. John Cadwaladei 
(1800). 
Cole Slaw 145 

Mrs. James T. Halsey. 
Cream Gravy for Chicken 142 

Mary Robertson Hawkins. 
Cucumber Catsup 145 

Mrs. Dabncy H. Maury. 



Mr. Wellford Mason. 

Sausage Surprises 130 

Mrs. Wm. A. Glasgow, Jr. 

Sausages 136 

Mrs. Gulielma Harrison. 

Sausages (How to Make) 137 

Mrs. Roy Mason. 

Tongue (Fresh) 133 

Miss Schcnck. 
Tongue (Jellied) 131 

Mrs. William A. Glasgow, Jr. 

Veal Birds 130 

Mrs. Meredith Bailey. 
Veal Loaf 130 

Mrs. J. A. Hewlett. 

SAUCES FOR ENTREES, FISH, 
FOWL, MEATS AND SALADS. 



Mrs. Richmond Pearson. 

French Dressing 146 

Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson. 

Grillades a la Creole 143 

Miss Charlotte Mitchell. 



Hollandaise Sauce 

Mrs. George Groves. 



141 



Mayonnaise Dressing 147 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. 
Meats and Their Respective Sauces 141 
Mushroom Sauce for Boiled Fowls. 142 

Margaret Coleman (1774). 
Mutton Gravy (Venison) 144 

Mrs. Robert E. Patterson. 

Salad Dressing 146 

Clara Thomas. 
Sauce Remoulade 144 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud. 



Asparagus Dressing 142 

Mrs. R. H. Maury. 

Tomato Glace I45 

Bernaise Sauce for Steak 146 Mrs. Charles B. Maury. 

Mrs. Richmond Pearson. Tomato, Lettuce and Salad Dress- 
Bread Sauce for Birds 147 ing 146 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud. Airs. Charles B. Maury. 



372 FAMOUS 

Venison Gravy 

Mrs. S. S. Bailey. 

VEGETABLES. 

A Breakfast Dish 

Mrs. Charles Stevens. 

Asparagus Loaf 

Mrs. J. A. Hewlett. 

Baked Beets 

Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander. 
Baked Peaches 

Mrs. Celestin Villeneuve. 
Baked Sweet Potato 

Miss Lucretia Lennig. 
Beans (Boston Baked) 

Mrs. Charles P. Searle. 
Beans, Snap (Creole) 

Mrs. Eugene Palmer. 

Cole Slaw 

Miss Elizabeth Rodman Fisher. 
Corn Cakes 

Mrs. Macolm S. Councill. 
Corn Fritters 

Mrs. Mary Balding. 
Corn Pudding 

Mrs. Edwin T. Clinton. 
Corn Pudding 

Mrs. Charles P. Searle. 
Creole Dish 

Mrs. F. B. Loring. 

Egg Plant 

Mrs. Roy Mason. 
Escalloped Onions 

Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander. 

Hominy or Samp Porridge 

Mrs. J. A. Hewlett. 

Macaroni Dish (Italian) 

Mrs. IV. Hinckle Smith. 



OLD RECEIPTS 

145 Mock Oysters (Corn) 159 

" Mnshrumps " 151 

Mrs. W . Hinckle Smith. 

Peppers, Green (Stuffed) 155 

160 Mrs. Eugene Palmer. 

Pilau (Turkish) 156 

152 Mrs. Lily Latrobe Loring. 

Polenta (How to Make) 157 

Mrs. Randolph. 

157 Potato Pudding (Irish) 160 

Mrs. Robert H. Maury. 

1^ Potato Puffs 155 

Mrs. Frank Carter. 

Rice and Cabbage 158 

j-o Mrs. F. H. Loring. 

Rice, How to Cook 156 

TF . Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith. 

154 

Rice and Peppers 153 

Mrs. Eugene Palmer. 

l ^ 2 Sweet Potato Pone (1) 159 

Miss Sarah Rutledge. 

Sweet Potato Pone (2) 159 

Miss Sarah Rutledge. 
154 

Tomato with Gelatine 154 

150 Mrs. James W. Noyes. 

Tomatoes, Ripe, Stuffed 153 

: S8 Mrs. Eliza S. Brolaski. 

156 

SALADS. 

Asparagus Salad 164 

155 

Calves' Head Salad 164 

159 Mrs. John Poe. 

Crab Salad, Served in Tomatoes... 164 

Miss Lucretia Lennig. 
153 

Grape Fruit Salad 165 

157 Potato Salad (Irish) 163 

Mrs. Norman V. Randolph. 



INDEX 



373 



Potato Salad 163 

Mrs. John Poe 
Potato Salad 163 

Mrs. George IV. Anderson. 
Potato Salad (2) 164 

Mrs. George IV. Anderson. 

Turkey Salad 165 

Mrs. Norman V. Randolph. 

ICE CREAM. 

Cherry Mousse 170 

Mrs. S. B. Dana. 

Frozen Coffee 169 

Mrs. S. Naudain Duer. 
Frozen Pudding 170 

Mrs. Clara Pollard Lee. 
Frozen Pudding (English) 170 

Bessie Frazer. 

Ice Cream (Aunt Parsons) 169 

Miss Pauline Johnson. 
Ice Cream (To Make German or 
Vanilla) 171 

Mr. and Mrs. John Cadwalader. 
Ice Cream (To make three quarts) 171 

Mrs. Rodney. 

Still-Frozen Ice Cream 169 

Mrs. Cadwalader Jones. 

ICES, PUNCHES, SHERBETS, 
BEVERAGES AND WINES. 

Apple Toddy, Virginia Club 188 

Commander Hugo Osterhaus. 
Apple Toddy, General Harry Heth's 188 

Mrs. H. H. Mortimer. 
Apple Toddy, Westmoreland Club.. 185 

Mr. Junius Mosby. 
Art of Serving Wine 175 

Mr. Paul Garrett. 



Blackberry Cordial 182 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. 
Blackberry Syrup 184 

Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander. 
Blackberry Wine 183 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. 
Blackberry Wine (Father's) 19 

Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander. 

Cherry Bounce 195 

Capt. Nicholas Mo ran (1770). 
Cherry Bounce (Wild) 194 

Mrs. Frances Surget (1791). 
Cherry Bounce 188 

Miss M. M. Halsey. 
Cider (Mulled) 196 

Mrs. Lydia S. Hinchman. 
Claret Cup, Somerset Club 180 

Mr. Charles P. Searlc. 
Claret Ice 182 

Mrs. Robert H. Maury. 
Claret Wine, Spiced 189 

Miss Isabelle Pcgram. 
Creme de Menthe 183 

Mrs. Judge L. L. Lcii'is. 
Currant Wine 186 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. 

Eggnog, James Selden 190 

Mrs. H. H. Mortimer. 
Eggnog, Old Virginia 184 

Mrs. Roy Mason. 
Eggnog, Old Virginia 184 

Mr. J. C Dailey. 
Eggnog, Southern 191 

Houston Eldredge. 
Eggnog, Mrs. Simrall's 195 

Prof. Lindley M. Keasbey. 
Etiquette of the Wine Glass 178 

Mr. Paul Garrett. 

Koumyss 183 

Mrs. James Meeks, 



374 



FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 



Mint Julep, John Dabney's 

Mrs. James T. Halsey. 
Mint Julep, Pendennis Club 

Mr. J. A. Had ley. 
Mint Julep, Westmoreland Club. 

Mr. Junius Mosby. 



179 
193 
193 



Plum Cordial 196 

Mr. Charles Stevens. 
Punch 192 

Mrs. W . Hinckle Smith. 
Punch, Baltimore Tea 181 

Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith. 
Punch, Champagne 190 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 
Punch, Colonial 186 

Mary Robertson Hazvkins. 
Punch, Dragoon 189 

Charleston, S. C. 
Punch, Fish House 185 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 
Punch, Fish House 196 

Mr. Rodman Wister. 
Punch, Fish House 194 

Dr. S. Naudain Duer. 
Punch, Fruit 181 

General Dabney H. Maury. 
Punch, Fruit 192 

Miss Charlotte Mitchell. 
Punch, Jonathan Prescott Hall's... 186 

Miss Isabelle Pegram. 
Punch, Lalla Rookh 180 

Mrs. James Thomas. 
Punch, Regent's 191 

Mrs. Richmond Pearson. 
Punch (The Regent's) 195 

Mrs. James D. Winsor. 
Punch, Robert E. Lee 192 

Mr. Coulter Bryan Carmichael. 
Punch, Roman 187 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury. 
Punch, Rum, Virginia Club 190 

Commander Huso Osterhaus. 



Punch, Tea 187 

Mrs. Francis T. Boykin. 

Raspberry Shrub 182 

Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander. 
Raspberry Vinegar 187 

Mrs. George Turner. 
Raspberry Vinegar 193 

Marie Louise Jones. 
Raspberry Wine ." 187 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. 
Receipt to Relieve Craving for Alco- 
holjjb Liquor 195 

Mrs. James D. Winsor. 
Rhine Wine Cup 194 

Dr. S. Naudain Duer. 
Rum Toddy (1775). . ; 181 

Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon. 

Sherbet 194 

Mrs. Robert H. Maury. 
Sherbet, Lemon 191 

Mrs. James T. Halsey. 
Sherbet 186 

Mrs. Seth Barton French. 
Sherry Cobbler, Pres. Cleveland's. . 185 

Mrs. John Beverly Roberts. 

Wine Cautions 1 76 

Mr. Raul Garrett. 

CREAM AND OTHER DESSERTS. 

Apple Sponge 202 

Bessie Fraser. 
Bisque Glace 201 

Mrs. Richmond Pearson. 

Charlotte Polonaise 199 

Mary B. Garrozv. 
Charlotte Russe ._ 200 

Mrs. Flozverree. 
Charlotte Russe 200 

Mrs. Portieux Robinson. 



INDEX 375 

Charlotte Russe 200 Wine Jelly 205 

Mrs. Michel. Mrs. Earl B. Putnam. 

Charlotte Russe 201 Wine Jelly 206 

Philadelphia. 

Charlotte Russe 202 

Mrs. Nicholas Roosevelt. PASTRY. 

Floating Island 199 Apple Dumpling, Baked 217 

Mrs. Roy Mason. Mrs. C. V. F. Greenwood. 

Orange Charlotte 201 Cheese Cake, Lemon 218 

Mrs. Edzvard Randall. Mrs. Roy Mason. 

Cocoanut Pie 213 

Rum Sauce 202 Mrs. Edward I. Clinton. 

Mrs. Richmond Pearson. Cream Pies 220 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud. 

Sauce for Fritters 202 Cream Pie (Lemon) 217 

Mrs. IV. Hinckle Smith. 
Virginia Bell Fritters 202 Cream pies ^ 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury. M) , $ MaH(j ^^ Bfl% 

Wine Whey 201 

Mrs. Richmond Pearson. Lemon P,e ' Famous 2I 3 

Mary E. Chandon. 

Lemon Pie 214 

Jh.LLJ.ltb. Miss Minnie Perry. 

Lemon Pie 218 

Mrs. Edzvard I. Clinton. 
Lemon Pie 220 

Mrs. Nicholas Roosevelt. 



Apple Jelly 206 

Mrs. Thompson. 
Apple Jelly 208 

Mrs. Joseph Patterson. 



Calves' Foot Jelly 206 Mince Meat 2I1 

Mrs. Dangerfield. Mrs ' U Webster Fox ' 

Calves' Foot Jelly 208 Mince Meat 2I2 

Mrs. Robert H. Maury. Mrs - Samucl Ewin S- 

Crab Apple Jelly 207 Mince Meat, Aunty's 213 

Miss F. Virginia Baldwin. Mrs ' Prcscott Adams0 »- 

Mince Meat 214 

Jelly with Isinglass 207 Elisabeth Van Rensselaer. 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury. Mince Meat (1800) 214 

Mrs. Frederick Wistar Morris. 
Wine Jelly 205 Mince Meat 215 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings. Mrs. Edzvard I. Clinton. 

Wine Jelly 205 Mince Pie 215 

Mrs. Portieux Robinson. Mrs. Oliver Hastings. 



376 FAMOUS 

Mince Pies 

Madam Stephen Ward. 
Mince Meat 

Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson. 
Mince Meat (Duke of Gloucester's) 
Mince Meat 

Mrs. Edward Jacquelin Smith. 
Mince Meat 

Mrs. Roy Mason. 
Mince Meat 

Mrs. Goodfellow. 
Mince Pie 

Mrs. Edward Shippen. 
Molasses Pie 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud. 

Pa stry 

Mrs. Mary Palmer Bispham. 
Pastry 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury. 
Puff Paste 

Miss Charlotte Mitchell. 
Puff Paste 

Mrs. Rumsey. 
Pumpkin Pie 

Miss Schuyler. 

Squash Pie 

Mr. Mark L. Requa. 
Sweet Potato 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud. 

Washington Pie 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings. 

PUDDINGS. 

A Pudding- 

Mrs. Edward Jacquelin Smith. 
Adam's Pudding 

Mrs. Edwin S. Cramp. 
Apple Pudding > 

Mrs. James T. Halsey. 



OLD RECEIPTS 

215 Apple Dumplings 241 

Mrs. William Coxe. 
216 

Blanc Mange 235 

216 Mrs. Oliver Hastings. 

217 Boiled Flour Pudding 236 

R. T. West. 

218 Bread Pudding 237 

Mrs. Catherine Leaf Smith. 
218 

Cabinet Pudding (Royal Iced) 227 

219 Mrs. Sara Yorke Stevenson. 
Cherry Roll 242 

219 Mrs. Heliose Minor. 

Chestnut Pudding 226 

Mrs. Charles M. Andrews. 

211 Citron Pudding 226 

Mrs. John A. Logan. 

216 Cocoanut Pudding 228 

Miss Mary Lap sley-P yle . 

212 Cocoanut (Blanc Mange) 232 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 

221 Continental Pudding 233 

Mrs. Horatio Gates Lloyd. 

220 Cup Custard 241 

Ellen Gallagher. 

212 Delicious Dessert 241 

Mrs. Wm. A. Glasgow, Jr. 

219 

English Christmas Pudding 238 

Mrs. Charles C Duggin. 

9 Fig Pudding 231 

Mrs. Meredith Bailey. 
Fig Pudding 241 

Mrs. Russell Robinson. 

Fruit Pudding 235 

Mrs. G. T. Hewlett. 
230 

Hamburg Cream 233 

2 43 Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 

231 Indian Pudding, Baked 240 

Mrs. F. S. Burrows. 



INDEX 



377 



Indian Pudding 242 

Lucy Dctwiler. 
Indian Pudding 226 

Mr. and Mrs. John Cadwalader. 
Indian Pudding (Nantucket) 230 

Mrs. Lydia S. Hinchman. 
Indian Pudding (New England)... 230 

Miss Hannah Fox. 

Lemon Pudding 225 

Mrs. Morris Hacker. 
Lemon Kiss Pudding 237 

Mrs. Meredith Bailey. 

Marmalade Pudding 234 

Mrs. Wm. A. Glasgow, Jr. 

Milk Biscuit 229 

Mrs. Deborah Shoemaker. 

Nest Pudding 244 

Maria Louise Hoxie. 

Plum Pudding French 225 

Mrs. Charles Brinton Coxe. 
Plum Pudding. Kentucky 228 

Mrs. Alice Slaughter. ■ 
Plum Pudding, Old English 232 

Mrs. L. Webster Fox. 
Plum Pudding (White) 232 

Mrs. Meredith Bailey. 
Plum Pudding, English 233 

Mrs. Francis M. Boykin. 
Plum Pudding, Ireland 234 

Mrs. Horatio Gates Lloyd. 
Plum Pudding, English 235 

Mrs. Malcolm S. Councill. 
Plum Pudding 236 

Mrs. Vogels. 
Plum Pudding, Perfection 237 

Mrs. G. H. Ellerbe. 
Plum Pudding 238 

Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton. 
Plum Pudding 238 

Miss Schuyler. 
Plum Pudding, English 239 

Mrs. William A. Glasgozv, Jr. 



Plum Pudding, Economical 239 

Plum Pudding 243 

Madam Stephen Ward. 
Potato Pudding 235 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury. 

Quaking Pudding 243 

Mrs. James T. Halsey. 

Rice Pudding, Boiled 229 

Mrs. Samuel V. Merrick. 
Rice Pudding, Iced 240 

Mrs. Joseph Patterson. 
Rice Pudding 244 

Mrs. Porticux Robinson. 
Rice Pudding, Red 242 

Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson. 

Sauce for Pudding 236 

E. W. Horstman. 
Sauce, Economical 239 

Mrs. Wm. A. Glasgozv. Jr. 
Snowdon Pudding 229 

Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson. 
Snow Pudding 240 

Mrs. W. V. R. Watson. 
Sweetmeat Pudding 239 

Mrs. James T. Halsey. 
Sweet Potato Pudding 231 

Mrs. John H. Easby. 
Suet Pudding 244 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 

Tapioca Pudding 234 

Mrs. Earl B. Putnam. 
Tapioca and Canned Peaches 242 

Miss Josephine Barry Meeks. 

SAUCES FOR PUDDINGS. 

Chocolate Icing 2^7 

Mrs. John Poe. 
Foamy Sauce 247 

Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson. 



378 FAMOUS 

Foamy Sauce , 

Mrs. J. Frailey Smith. 

Lemon Custard for Tarts 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 

Pudding Sauce 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury. 

Sauce for Cakes and Puddings 

Mrs. Edward Fisher. 

Wine Sauce 

Mrs. Norman Randolph. 

Yellow Sauce for Puddings 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 

CAKES. 

Almond Cake 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury. 
Almond Cake 

Mrs. Meredith Bailey. 
Apeas 

Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton. 
Apple Cake (Dutch) 

Mrs. Wm. A. Glasgow, Jr. 

Black Cake, Wedding 

Mrs. Frederick Wistar Morris. 
Black Cake 

Mrs. John Somers Smith. 
Black Cake (Will keep one year) . . 

Mrs. Roy Mason. 
Black Cake V 2 (Wedding Cake) .... 

Mrs. Albor Man. 
Black Tarte (1561) 

Mrs. H. Cavalier Smith. 
Blueberry Cake 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

Boiled Icing 

Icing 

Mrs. Rodney. 



OLD RECEIPTS 

248 Bride's Cake (Famous) 259 

Mrs. Robert H. Maury. 
Bride's Cake, Best. 267 

247 Mrs. Albor Man. 

Burgess Cake 263 

Mrs. Joseph Neff. 
247 

Cream Cake 256 

248 Mrs. Edwin J. Clinton. 

Cream Cake 278 

Miss M. Biddle. 

248 Charlotte Polonaise 258 

Miss Looney. 

Cheese Cake ." 260 

248 Mrs. Lewis Livingstone. 

Cider Cake 284 

Mrs. Ella Upton Philler. 

Cinderella Puffs 255 

Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton. 

256 Clove Cake 255 

Mrs. B. F. Hadduck. 

274 Coffee Cake 261 

Mrs. S. E. Lyon. 

251 Coffee Cake 263 

Mrs. James M, Anders. 

269 Cookies 271 

Miss Katherine A. Willcox. 

Cookies, New England 272 

277 Mrs. James M. Anders. 

Cookies, Wakefield Ginger 279 

281 Miss Elizabeth Rodman Fisher. 

Corn Starch 252 

264 Mrs. Paul C. Lee. 

Croxynos 280 

265 Mrs. Pierre Surget. 

Crullers 251 

266 Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton. 

Crullers 268 

283 Aunt Mary Balding. 

Cup Cake 284 

271 Madam Stephen Ward. 

266 Currant Dumplings 254 

Mrs. Edzvin I. Clinton. 



INDEX 



379 

268 
268 



Dewey Cake 282 Ginger Bread, Soft 

Mrs. Prescott Adamson. Mrs. Morris Stroud. 

Dolly Madison's Whim 253 Ginger Bread, Taylor 

Mrs. James T. Halsey. Mrs. Ralph IV. Sciss. 

Doughnuts (French) 252 Ginger Cake, Montgomery Inn 277 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. Mrs. Beverly Roberts. 

Doughnuts 253 Ginger Bread 282 

Mrs. Edtiiu I. Clinton. Dr. Meigs. 

Doughnuts 257 Ginger Bread, Soft 283 

Madam Stephen Ward. Mrs. E. IV. Clark. 

Doughnuts 260 Ginger Bread, Soft 283 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud. Miss Mary Lapsley-Pyle. 

Doughnuts 269 Ginger Bread 285 

Mrs. Joseph Patterson. Mrs. Clara Lee Pollard. 

Doughnuts 271 Ginger Bread, Hard 286 

Aunt Nancy Trotter. Mrs. Oliver Hastings. 

Doughnuts 2/^ Ginger Pound Cake 256 

Miss F. Virginia Baldwin. Ginger Pound Cake 261 

Doughnuts 276 Mrs. Cary. 



Mrs. M. E. Furman. 
Drop Cakes, English 274 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 
Dutch Cake 255 

Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton. 

English Tea Cake 283 

Mrs. Prescott Adamson. 
English Cakes '285 

Mrs. Catherine Leaf Smith. 

Fruit Cake 255 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury. 
Fruit Cake, Martha Washington's. . 279 

Mrs. Roberts Lowrie. 
Fruit Cake 279 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings. 



Ginger Nuts 255 

Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton. 
Ginger Snaps 252 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 
Ginger Snaps 265 

Madam Stephen }Vard. 
Grand Duke Cake 252 

Mrs. Alex. Delgado. 

Grandmother's Plunkets 263 

' Mrs. Edzvard I. Cramp. 

Hermits 257 

Miss Marie L. Minor. 
Hollow Hearts 272 

Laura G. Brozvcr. 

Imperial Cake 281 

Miss M. Biddle. 



Ginger Cake, Soft 254 Jumbles 256 

Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton. Mrs. Edwin I. Clinton. 

Ginger Bread, Molasses 262 Jumbles, Cinnamon 26G 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury. Madam Stephen Ward. 

Ginger Bread, Crisp 267 Jumbles, Lemon 264 

Mrs. Collins. Mrs. Washington Tompkins. 



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FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 



Jumbles, Sour Cream 264 

Miss Katherine A. W ilk ox. 

Jumbles 284 

Mrs. Catherine Leaf Smith. 

Laughing Mollies 265 

Miss A. Jacqueline Minor. 
Lemon Puff 254 

Mrs. Robert H. Maury. 

Lemon Sauce 270 

Lemon Cake, Aunt Phebe's 278 

Miss Caroline E. Brooks. 
Loaf Cake, French 262 

Mrs. Charlotte Cranwell Minor. 

Maple Biscuit. 267 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 
Marguerites 282 

Mrs. Gulielma Harrison. 
Mehitable Cake. 260 

Mrs. Edward Williams. 
Molasses Cheese Cake 251 

Mrs. Alice Cabell Palmer. 
Molasses Pound Cake 258 

Mrs. Edunn I. Clinton. 
Molasses Pound Cake 273 

Mrs. Marie Louise Jones. 
Molasses Cake 273 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud. 
Molasses Pound 275 

Mrs. Dominick. 
Moravian Orange Bread 262 

Miss M. Schott. 
Moravian Sugar Cake 270 

Miss M. P. Connelly. 

New Year Cake 284 

Miss Catherine Bishop. 
New Year's Cake 285 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud. 
Number Cake 258 

Mrs. Jennie Williams. 
Olycooks 277 

Mrs. Francis Taylor Chambers. 



Orange Cake 275 

Penelope Jones. 

Pan Cakes, Stir 270 

Mrs. G. T. Hewlett. 
Pound Cake 262 

Madam Stephen Ward. 
Pound Cakes, Little 281 

Miss M. Biddle. 
Quaker Cake 256 

Mrs. J. T. Halsey. 
Quire of Paper Pan Cakes 280 

Mrs. Gulielma Harrison. 

Rail Road 254 

Rice Cake 284 

Miss M. P. Connelly. 

Sand Tarts 253 

Mrs. Washington Hopkins. 
Sand Tarts, Old Philadelphia 259 

Miss M. M. Halsey. 
Sand Tarts, Pennsylvania 265 

Mrs. Caroline Rogers Buehler. 
Sand Tarts 285 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 
Scotch Cake 268 

Mrs. Morris R. Stroud. 
Scripture Cake 275 

Mrs. James Crosby Brown. 
Shrewsbury Cake 259 

Mrs. W . Hinckel Smith. 
Soda Cake 261 

Mrs. Rosalie Beauregard Page. 
Spice Cake 274 

Mrs. Francis Sorrel. 
Spice Cake, Mrs. Roosevelt's 285 

Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. 
Sponge Cake 253 

Mrs. Charles Duggin. 
Sponge Cake 257 

Mrs. Earl B. Putnam. 
Sponge Cake, Cream 259 

Miss Frances Virginia Baldwin. 



INDEX 



38i 



Sponge Cake 261 

Madam Stephen Ward. 
Sponge Cake 265 

Mrs. C. W. Dailey. 
Sponge Cake 266 

Mrs. B. F. Hadduck. 
Sponge Cake 2/6 

Mrs. Sarah Pozvel. 
Sponge Cake 271 

Mrs. G. T. Hewlett. 
Sponge Cake, Old Fashioned 273 

Mrs. Samuel Bcttle. 
Sponge Cake 273 

Mrs. Joshua Harvey. 
Sponge Cake 280 

Mrs. Oliver Hastings. 
Sugar Cakes 274 

Mrs. Locke. 

Lettis Tart 269 

Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith. 

Washington Cake 281 

Emile Victorine Wierman. 
Wedding Cake, Schuyler 264 

Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon. 
Wedding Cake Lady Washington. . 272 

Mrs. Samuel Ezving. 
White Mountain Cake 276 

Mrs. John Beard sic c. 
Whortleberry Cake 258 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury. 



FILLING FOR CAKES. 

Filling 289 

Mtss L. M. Warfield. 
Filling 289 

Miss Mary Savage Jones. 
Filling, Marshmallow Cake 290 

Mrs. Whittle. 
Filling. Caramel Cake 290 

Mrs. Whittle. 



Filling 290 

Miss L. M. Warfield. 

Icing 289 

Mrs. E. S. Elliott. 



PICKLES. 

Bordeaux Sauce 298 

Miss Boughter. 

Canteloupe Pickle, German 300 

Mrs. John Minor Maury. 

Chili Sauce 301 

Chow-Chow 294 

Mrs. Lcziis R. Lemoinc. 
Chow-Chow, Tomato 297 

Mrs. E. IV. Horstman. 
Chow-Chow Pickle 298 

Mrs. Dabney H.- Maury. 
Cucumber Pickle, Small 295 

Miss Elizabeth White. 
Cucumber Mash 297 

Mrs. Nathaniel Chapman. 
Cucumber Oil 299 

Miss Belle Maury. 

Grape Sauce 298 

F. L. I^ewis. 

Limes, Preserved 302 

Mrs. Mary Rawle Williams. 

Mustard Pickle 296 

Mrs. Robert G. Gamble. 

Onion Pickle 296 

Mrs. Alice Cotell Palmer. 

Peach, Spiced 295 

Mrs. Walter R. Horstman. 
Peaches, Spiced 300 

Miss Maria Louise Hoxie. 



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FAMOUS OLD RECEIPTS 



Pepper Hash, 297 

Mrs. George Philler. 
Piccalilli 301 

Mrs. lames Crosby Brown. 
Pickle, Old Virginia 293 

Airs. John Beverly Roberts. 
Pickle, French 295 

Mrs. Mary Palmer Bispham.. 
Pickle, Daniel Webster 299 

Mrs. Russell Davenport. 

Tomato Pickle 296 

Mrs. M. Kim Miller. 
Tomato Pickle, Sweet 299 

Mrs. Richard Gilpin. 
Tomato Pickle, Green 300 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury. 
Tomato Pickle, Green 301 

Mrs. General Watts. 
Tomato Pickle, Green 302 

Mrs. John Staige Davis. 

CATSUPS. 

Chili Sauce 305 

Mrs. Dabney H. Maury. 
Chili Sauce 306 

Mrs. Russell Robinson. 

Tomato Catsup 305 

Tomato Catsup 305 

Mrs. C. W. Dailey. 
Tomato Catsup, The Best 306 

Mrs, Dabney H. Maury. 
Tomato Ketchup 306 

Miss Mary Lapsley-Pyle. 

PRESERVES. 

Almonds, Caramel 317 

Adelaide Y. Chilton. 
Apples, Stuffed 312 

Herbert L. Clark. 
Caramels 318 

Mary Rice. 



Caramel, Chocolate 318 

Miss Caroline Duer. 
Currant and Raisin. Jam 312 

Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon. 

Fig Preserves 313 

Mrs. Gabriel Benoist Shields. 

Grape Jam 316 

Miss Eliza Sinclair Lyon. 
Green Sweetmeats 309 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. 
Green Sweetmeats, The Best 309 

Mrs. Lezvis N. Webb. 

Marshmallows 315 

Miss Josephine B. Meeks. 
Mint Cream 318 

Mrs. Elwood Newton. 

Orange Marmalade 312 

Mrs. Portieux Robinson. 
Orange Marmalade 316 

M. E. Leager. 

Peaches, Brandied 310 

Mrs. J . D. Martinez Cardeza. 
Peaches, Brandied 313 

Mrs. Elsie Ramee Arguimbau. 
Peach Encho 310 

Anna Ledyard Cuyler. 
Peaches, Brandied 311 

Miss Nancy Cope. 
Peach Leather 317 

■Mrs. Susan Lymar Morris Bruce. 
Pears, Gingered 315 

Miss Katharine Willcox. 
Pecan Kisses 315 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. 
Pecan Kisses 317 

Mrs. Philip Harding. 
Pecan Macaroons 314 

Mrs. Oliver Bonsh. 
Pineapple Preserves 311 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury, 



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Pralines, Creole 313 For the Sick, Mulled Wine 324 

Mrs. G. H. Ellerbe. Mrs. Robert E. Peterson. 

For the Sick, London 1855 324 

Quinces, To Preserve White 314 Mrs. Robert E. Peterson. 

Miss Gibbs. 

Quinces, How to Preserve 318 Italian Cheese 323 

Mrs. Samuel Powel. Miss Katharine Willcox. 



Strawberries, Brandied 315 Welsh Rarebit 326 

Miss Annie S. Hammond. 
Welsh Rarebit 321 



Miss Marie Louise Hoxie. 

Tomato Preserve, Yellow 314 

Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith. 
Tomato Preserve, Green 316 

Cousin Marion. 

Wine Jelly 316 

Madam Stephen Ward. 

DAINTIES. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

Aching Muscles 330 

Miss F. Virginia Baldwin. 
Ants 331 

Miss Pauline Johnson. 

Barry's Tricopherous 329 

Miss Pauline Johnson. 



Calves' Foot Jelly 322 

Mrs. Toland. 
Cheese Fondu au Gratin 321 

Miss Josephine Barry Meeks. 
Cheese Patties 324 

Mrs. Henry Parkman. 
Cheese Straws 324 

Mrs. Charles B. Maury. 
Cheese, Toasted 325 

Elsie Chapin. 
Coffee Brulo, New Orleans 2> 2 i 

Houston Eldredge. 
Cream Cheese (1787) 323 Hair Tonic 329 

Mr. and Mrs. John Cadwalader. Mrs. E. F. Griffiths. 

Cream Cheese 325 

TDr. Horace Howard Fumess. Lock Jaw 329 

Cream Sandwiches 321 

Mrs. W. D. Cleveland. Rheumatic Pains 331 



Canada Thistle Tea 330 

Chills and Fever 330 

Miss F. Virginia Baldwin. 
Cold Cure 330 

Rebecca Elliott. 

Diarrhoea 329 

Eye Water 331 

Mr. and Mrs. John Cadivaladcr. 



Daffodil Sandwiches 322 Mrs. Judge Frederick Smith's Salve 330 

Mrs. Mary C. B. Alexander. 
For the Sick, Sago Milk 325 Wash for Blankets 329 

Mrs. Robert E. Peterson. Mrs. W . Hinckle Smith. 



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